Showing posts with label the defeat of Satan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the defeat of Satan. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2011

Ambition, plot and defeat of Satan


The ambition, the plot, and the defeat of Satan.
Some people will not believe that Satan is a very ambitious spirit being. The plot to dethrone the King of Glory has been on the mind of Satan for a very long time. He had observed how the angels worshiped God in heaven. He saw how the King of glory adorned His throne with an aura that cannot be captured in human language. Satan watched the level of order that was at play in heaven. He thought within himself. "How will it feel like to be the one who is sitting right there on that very throne in the place of God?" The King of kings and the Lord of lords knew all what was in the heart of the devil all along. Yet he tolerated him without a hitch! How did I know that God knew the thoughts of the devil. Because God is all knowing. And the scripture mentioned how Jesus knew what people were thinking. (Matthew 9:4, Mark 2:8,  Luke 5:22,Luke 9:47). If the God of the universe walked the planet earth as mortal, knowing what people were thinking about in their hearts; how much more the thoughts of Lucifer who was serving before His heavenly throne? 
The thoughts of Lucifer could not escape God who was too big to be careful!
An account of Isaiah 14:12-19 captured the biography of Satan just before human time piece began ticking. Let's read it in New American Standard version of the Bible:

“How you have fallen from heaven,
         O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
         You have been cut down to the earth,
         You who have weakened the nations!
“But you said in your heart,
         ‘I will ascend to heaven;
         I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
         And I will sit on the mount of assembly
         In the recesses of the north.
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
         I will make myself like the Most High.’
“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
         To the recesses of the pit.
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
         They will ponder over you, saying,
         ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
         Who shook kingdoms,
Who made the world like a wilderness
         And overthrew its cities,
         Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’
“All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
         Each in his own tomb.
“But you have been cast out of your tomb
         Like a rejected branch,
         Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
         Who go down to the stones of the pit
         Like a trampled corpse...”
So, God knowing the intentions of the devil, allowed him to throw his best shot. Needless to add, Satan attacked God's throne and failed. He lost in heaven because he was no match for God. God allowed him to try and fail because God is very tolerant. He accommodated Satan inspites of his evil intentions. And if God can allow Satan try his best by attacking the Most High over His throne, how will He (God) not encourage you concerning your holy intentions and ambitions? That is just a food for thoughts. If God can give you Jesus, how will He not give you all things? In order to show the devil that nothing hits God by surprise, God allowed the Lucifer's rebellion to begin. Then, failed. Nothing is beyond Him (God).  He loves to demonstrate His power and awesome personality. He proved it to Satan that he was no match. Satan does not have what it takes to stand against him. And If Satan could not stand and win the throne of God; when he was still living in the heaven; do you think he (Satan) will be able to win over God when he (Satan) has been cast out of heaven? Let us not start measuring the distance from heaven to earth. Can you imagine that proximity? Will Satan be able to reach God's throne right now? The answer is no. He cannot come close!

Now, if God could see such evil intention of Satan then; yet he was immovable. Do you think that God will become paranoid because of your present circumstances? Will your challenges move him off his throne right now? The answer is no! Because nothing is beyond God and nothing is hidden from Him, we were told to be still and be at peace. 
I always remind myself something significant whenever anything happen that may want to trouble my peace. I always ask myself a question that if Jesus was to be here right now by my side in the physical; what will he say to me? Will Jesus be shaking like a chicken in a hot water? No way! That means case closed! What Jesus will say to me concerning this kind of situation will be: Peace be still. And that is how we are supposed to view every matter that tends to shock our faith.
So, whenever an attack happens in our lives that may shake our faith, they are not a surprise to God. No accident has ever hit God. He uses the worst of all attacks for our good, reminding the devil that this is another loss for him (Satan). He just lost once again in the life of God's children. He (devil) does not have what it takes to stand against God. Not even God's children who are the saints. Nothing ever takes God by surprise. God will never show up late after the attack of the enemy and begin to cry with regrets and disappointments. God will never, He can never be a victim of any circumstance. Such statements that we hear from the mouths of victims such as: "what are we going to do now?", cannot be heard from God. In points of fact, God will never say: "O! I am so sorry for what happened to you. I did not know that the devil was coming after you. I would have rushed down here on time through those hectic traffic and harsh weather to protect you." No! No!! 
God is not a man. He is All-knowing. It means that He knows all things. He can see both the beginning and the ending at the same time. He can see the glitches and hic-cups along the way. He can see the journey from beginning to its end. He understands the extent of the impacts. He knew what was coming. He saw what was going to "befall" you. He knew the depth of the scar. He knew how it will look on you?, what impact it will leave on you? He knew when the wounds will heal. He knew how to heal the wound. He knew what purpose that injury will serve in the grand scheme of things. He knew how to make all things work together for your good. He knew why preventing the attack may not be more glorious as actually going through the afflictions and coming out stronger! He knew! He knew!! O! He knew!!! He knew what was coming, ever before those things happen at all. God has the big picture in His mind. He has the complete map of the journey. God can see every lap of the race, ahead of time.  So, because he can see into the next decade, and beyond that; He is not moved. He is not intimidated. This is why we are told to stand and be immovable as well. "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 15:58).
So, the fact that something bad may have happened to you, is to validate the loss of the adversary. Why because the devil does not have what it takes to stop the eternal purpose of God.