Satan knows, but do we?

Satan knows, but do we?

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NLT

I began thinking of how nearly every effort to do something godly is interrupted by doubt and fear. If I hear God’s call to bear witness of His name, then I also have thoughts of inadequacy. If God prompts me to give, I also worry about my limited finances. It seems that for every good thing (or I should say every God thing) I also get burdened with the lies that only Satan would create.

One thought that has never occurred to me before is that; Satan believes something about us that we do not believe about ourselves. We believers have a way of judging each other that can sometimes dampen the message of Christ. We judge people by their education, their appearance, their financial status and sometimes even by their weight or their color. Too many times we have decided the value of others and let them know in no uncertain terms that they are unworthy, unusable and unnecessary. But God has never said that about you, or me or anyone that has committed their lives to Him.

Satan knows that we can do everything (some versions of the Bible say ‘all things’) through Christ Jesus because he is the one that gives us the Strength! The devil knows that we are in the hands of the one that empowers us with the necessary equipment to do the good works He has planned for us to do. Satan knows, but do we? Have we forgotten about that which God can do through us?

Lift up your brother and encourage your sister. They have good and godly works to do that they were ordained for by God our King. We should not stand in the way of that godly work, but encourage it!