"Listen to my voice;
then I will be your God and you shall be my people.
Walk in all the ways that I command you,
so that you may prosper."
We have these blessings set before us. Why are we so quick to harden our hearts when we see the LORD speaking and working. Those around us open their mouths to praise God who were formerly mute to him. Are we amazed or are we instead resentful of the one who has been set free?
Even though we see God's works we forget that they are his. We go so far as to attribute them to Beelzebub when they aren't those for which we'd hoped. Why do we demand a sign even after he has just given us signs? Why does the LORD have to speek words to us when he knows we won't listen?
The LORD gives us blessings which we protect by recalling them in praise and thanksgiving. The Enemy steals these and along with them our joy and trust in him. This happens when we forget to be thankful and recall the work of the LORD in our lives. The Enemy then takes those treasures from us. He causes us to envy that work in the lives of others.
It becomes as if "word itself is banished from their speech".
But there is one who is stronger and he "he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils." If we cling to his word and "come into his presence with thanksgiving" then we will be safe from the Enemy's snares.
Then we will know that "it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons" and that the Kingdom of God has come upon us.
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