Josh 9
The Gibeonites were crafty, just like Satan. Satan wants to pull someone away from the Truth. In 14:6 Satan does everything he can to get us to live life on our own, apart from God.
1. Satan often deceives by preying on our enjoying and our pride.
-Emotions: v4-5, 2 Cor 11:3. Our emotions are indicators of something going on beneath the surface, they are not gods.1 Pet 5:8 Be alert and of sober mind. 2 Cor 10:5.
-Pride: v8-10, included just enough truth to make them believe. Prov 8:13 God hates pride. Jas 4:6, Ps 10:4, Prov 26:12, Prov 3:7.
2. You can't fight the supernatural in the natural and expect to win. v14, Eph 6:13 (Message). There is one thing that we can control in our lives, and that is how close or far we are from the Lord. Seek God continually. Jas 4:8, Jer 29:13, Prov 3:5-6
3. God rewards those who seek Him. Heb 11:3. Seeking God "The conscious fixing and focusing our mind's attention and our heart's affection on God." Col 3:1, Rom 12:2. The more we recognize Jesus, the less we recognize self, the less we recognize self, the more Jesus can work in our lives.
How much of my life do I live without any regard to God?
How many of my daily activities do I go through without any reference to God?
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