LAUGH AT THE DEVIL
I wrote this preach letter two years ago, but I needed it today and thought you’d like it too.
I opened the door to the hall closet and stepped down onto the wet carpet. I checked to see if one of the plastic water bottles leaked. Nope. Then I started to feel around on the carpet, and I had to move everything on the floor and pull back the carpet and liner to see what was going on. I followed the water through the closet and into the bedroom. Thank God the water was moving very slowly. I had to laugh at the devil.
Since before the beginning of the year I’ve been working on publishing volume two of my WINGS series, which I did in June, and just last week I published a smaller booklet, A Devil on Every Door Knob: And the Faith to Know What to Do About It. I have another booklet coming out on demons also. Obviously, Satan is upset with me because since the beginning of the year I’ve been attacked by different odd things. Finally, the devil pushed too far, and I’m not biting the bait. He’s the fool, and I have the wisdom of God.
This time, by revelation, I was told to laugh at the devil and speak to the demon bringing this on. I said, “Do you think you are interrupting my plans for the day by causing this to happen? Nope! This IS the plan for the day! I trust in Jesus. I’m living in the moment, and I am going to see the value of a good God and good Lord with me today. HA HA HA!”
In testing the various places that might have been leaking, I found out my second shower was working great. I had trouble with it draining a year ago and hadn’t needed to check it until now. I wouldn’t have known it was totally okay until having to check it in this situation. Ha! Ha! Also, I’d wanted to clean out the closet. Well now I have to, and I’m not in a hurry, so I’m at ease with it.
And the other great thing is that I think it may be a broken pipe in my sprinkler system and that is okay too because I’ve wanted to revamp the sprinkler system. It was put in in 1994 and has only had one minor repair in all these years. But it needs a little work, so now’s the time.
I’m laughing at the devil because what he thought was a great coup, is only going to give glory to God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I was reminded of how Jesus must have been laughing at the devil when He said goodbye to Hell after the devil killed Him and thought he’d gotten rid of Him. God raised his son Jesus from the dead and from Hell itself, to have everlasting victory and give that victory to us. 1 John 3:8 tells us: “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
I told the devil: “Nope, devil, you get no glory here! You didn’t even affect me. You actually helped execute God’s will! HA! HA! HA!”
I am so thankful to the Lord for my attitude change. At one time in my life, this kind of thing would really put me over the edge, and I’d drive myself and everyone around me crazy with my frantic nervousness and obsessive compulsion to fix everything right away.
But I’m different now. I believe Romans 8:28, that says: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” And I can say that even in the midst of problems, applying Philippians 4:6-7 is working for me. It says: “Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Life brings challenges and problems. Our attitude brings resolve and solutions. The Bible really does have all the answers to life.
The leak is fixed, and I got a few other things done as well. God is always good and always on our side.
Love, Carolyn
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