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
HAVE you SEEN . .
. . MY BOOKLET??? . . . . A DEVIL ON EVERY DOOR KNOB – And what to
DO about IT:
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