Sudden Attacks Masterminded By the Devil. God Is Interceding For You
Scripture Basis
In Job 1:10, Satan argued that Job’s righteousness was only due to God’s protective “hedge,” which shielded his family and possessions. Satan claimed that removing this divine barrier would cause Job to curse God. God allowed the hedge to be opened, but Job maintained his faith, proving that his devotion was not merely transactional.
Reflections
Sometimes you wonder how someone is just walking out there and then all of a sudden, it is said he is no more. It looked like it just happened but in truth, there was a battle going on in the realms of the spirit. The person may have been battling with an illness unknown to anyone. At other times, the person looked very strong but the next minute, he is gone.
In the first scenario, the trend was ‘hit him with slow illness’ if he is fortunate to get intercessors, the sickness could be interrupted. In most instances, it will take an individual with high standing in the realms of the spirit, to overturn the situation. In many instances, an intercessor is not found and the person eventually dies. In the second scenario, the plan is to ‘strike him immediately’. The sudden attack was based on an altar of death operating on an event that rules in the family. That should have been seen by a spiritual person and the altar destroyed for the cruelty to cut off and the individual to have his freedom.
What was causing the prolonged suffering in the first instance was a voice of pain and anguish unleashed by the devil who may have seen an error in your life he is capitalizing on. As you are walking healthy out there, understand that, the devil is mentioning the error of your bloodline to God. There are people who only project the wrong sides of people. They are just waiting to pounce on your mistakes. Such persons are obviously not happy about your progress. They are happy mentioning your faults than what can enable you to progress despite your flaws. Go with people who will encourage you to move on despite your limitations.
The devil charged God to ‘remove the hedge of protection and Job will fail’ Him. It is with such vindictiveness and hatred the devil spoke. What the devil meant was, the gentleman walking out there, he is serving you because, everything is going well for him. If you like, let calamity hit him. It is obvious that any human being can be reactive under attack because they are humans. Flesh and blood responds to pain etcetera. Every human being may initially react but when the dust settles and he pauses to ponder about the whole incident, something just tells him to relax.
If the believer is matured, he would realize that, the sudden change from a good life to a suffering life means something. Job told the wife, ‘must we only take good from the Lord and reject evil?’ (Job 2:10). This must be the attitude. The devil’s wish for you is to complain, murmur and quit serving God. But put the devil to shame and outsmart him by saying, ‘I know your tricks. Though I feel the pains, you plan is for me to forsake God’. Since I know the end result, then I am not quitting. By saying this, you have fought him to eternity. This must be the attitude of Christians if they knew that, the devil was propagandist in saying, ‘God should remove the hedge and you will fail’.
Truth is, if the devil knew you will fail, why must he be so cruel by instructing God to remove the hedge. If something is in my life which is meant for my protection, removing it for me to be attacked makes no sense. Does it? But that is what the devil does. He is always finding an occasion to find fault or accuse God’s people. This is why you must be extremely careful of what you do. Don’t walk anyhow. Don’t walk unrighteous. Whatever you do, ask yourself per chance, have I erred in my Christian walk. What must I do? Which area of my life is the Devil making an argument on? The devil is also afraid of your position of untouchable. The reason he went pointing just that aspect of your Christianity to God. If God is proud of you, the only way you can reward that God is to glorify Him by not falling to the dictates of the devil. The devil has gone to talk to God secretly about you. The reason for the sudden attack. Be aware, stay vigilant and win that battle.
While the devil is finding faults, God is interceding for you. God is not going to allow the enemy on a silver plate because he made a legal request. The Almighty is mentioning your good works because it is a battle between His righteousness and your ‘sinfulness’. While the devil is laying that claim about you, it is in God’s interest to protect you in spite of the fact that, the enemy is strongly pushing his agenda.
