Fire with Fire

A very good morning to you! It is Saturday morning, 2 July 2022 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan with a thought for today.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

John 10:10

What a beautiful scripture - We need to fight fire with fire... Have you heard that terminology before? 2 Corinthians 10 and I am reading from verse 3:

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (fleshly) but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds…”

When the Lord Jesus was facing the devil in the wilderness, He had been fasting and praying for 40 days and 40 nights (no human being can do that by the way), and the devil came and attacked Him at His weakest. The Lord Jesus was proactive, He didn’t just sit in the corner and cry, no! What did He do? He said, it is written,” Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” He said, “Man shall not live by bread alone.” He used the Bible, He used the word of God.

Now I looked up the meaning of that word, proactive and this is what it says in the Oxford Dictionary. It is creating and controlling a situation rather than just responding to it. Now, Father God has given us all the weapons that we need.

Number one: He has given us His Holy Spirit,
Number two: He has given us His Holy Word, the Bible,
And Number three: He has given us the power of faithful prayer.

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

James 5:16

We must remember that even as Jesus stood up against the powers of darkness, we need to do the same.

You know, just a couple of days ago I was helping my son burning some firebreaks. It is winter in South Africa and the grass was tinderbox dry. We had all the water carts there and the fire fighting equipment but I realized that when that fire started roaring and it actually roars, there was an absolute wall of fire coming against us - how did we fight it? With water carts and hoses and water? No, what we did was we put fire in and we back-burned it, so the fire put the fire out. You and I need to do the same. The devil is a liar, a thief and a coward... when you stand up against him he always backs off. Fight fire with fire.

Have a wonderful day.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.