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I've seen dear, sweet people who live their
lives that way get hit by things they were
totally unprepared to handle. I've seen satan
come riding into their circumstances, do a
lot of damage, and leave them wondering why
God didn't do more to help them.
Some who have su ered severe fi nancial
loss have come to me afterward and said
things like, "I don't understand. How was the
devil able to rob me? I dedicated everything I
have to God. I prayed and asked Him to get the
devil o me."
BLESS their hearts. I knew right away
what the problem was—they didn't know The
WORD of God. If they had, they would have
known that the New Testament doesn't tell us
to ask God to get the devil o us. It says we are
to "put on the whole armour of God," that we
"may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil" (Ephesians 6:11).
Those precious believers got robbed because
they hadn't renewed their minds to what the
Bible says and acted on it. As a result, when the
devil came—as he always does—to steal, kill
and destroy, they weren't prepared to stand
against his attack. They didn't have on the
whole armor of God. They hadn't developed
the kind of unshakable faith and trust in Him
that it takes to resist the devil and triumph
over any type of trouble he whips up.
"Well," somebody might say, "I think it's
enough for me just to be born again and
baptized in the Holy Spirit. Even though I may
not know much of what the Bible says, I think
I can trust God to take care of every area of my
life."
No, you can't trust God without believing
and acting on His WORD; and you can't believe
His WORD unless you know what He said.
That's true in any situation.
Think about it. If you needed money to pay
your rent, and somebody told you just to trust
There's more than one way
to live the Christian life.
The way many Christians live it is by just
going along day by day, taking whatever the
devil and this world throws at them. By doing
their best to deal with trouble whenever it arises
and saying every morning when they get up,
"I sure do hope I make it again today!"
That's a dangerous way to live.
by Kenneth Copeland
