A Nugget from New Life Network
(by Chris Musgrove of Future Now)
Scripture for the Day – July 29, 2020
Mark 16:15 (Amplified Bible): And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].”
We all have a part to play in making sure the job of spreading the good news of the Gospel gets done. If we will stay in the running lane that God called us to, we can fulfill our purpose. But know this, Satan wants to knock you off track.
II Corinthians 4:4 says that Satan is the God of this world and he is master of distraction, and if he can distract you from the purpose God called you to, he will do it.
Acts 22:15 in the Message Bible says, “You are to be a key witness to everyone you meet of what you’ve seen and heard. So what are you waiting for?”
I Timothy 5:15 says, “For some have already turned aside after Satan.”
I John 2:15-16 says, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.“
The senses are what Satan uses to distract us! The lust of the flesh includes tasting, touching, smelling, and hearing. The lust of the eyes is seeing. The pride of life is thinking you are special because of who you are, what you have, what you know, or what you look like. Satan uses these three things to entice us to sin. Scripture shows this process at work in both the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and on the Mount of Temptation with Jesus.
Genesis 3:6 says, “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food (lust of the flesh); that it was pleasant to the eyes (lust of the eyes); and a tree desirable to make one wise, (pride of life)….”
Matthew 4:3 says, “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, ‘If You are the Son of God, command
that these stones become bread (lust of the flesh).’”
Matthew 4:8-9 says, “Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me (lust of the eyes).’”
Matthew 4:5-6: Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone (the pride of life).'”
Jesus kept quoting the Word instead of giving into Satan’s distracting lies. Keep your eyes on Jesus who is the Word, unless Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. (II Corinthians 2:11)
