As I continue to walk with the Lord, I am learning that one of the biggest dangers to the fulfillment of God's Divine Will for our lives is the Danger of Self. So many people are convinced that the biggest threat to our Christian walk is sin. I would beg to differ. Sin is simply the "by-product" of what the true danger really is. If we don't get a handle on our Self, inevitably we'll find ourselves immersed in sinful activity: whether it's sin of omission or sin of commission, sin of thought or sin of deed. We must be mindful and leery of the Danger of Self.
When you look at The Fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden, the issue was not sin. Remember, Adam was created in a state of Innocence. He did not have a sinful nature. So he was not "internally compelled" to disobey God. Yes, his wife was "Satanically seduced" to negatively influence him in regards to the Divine Will of God that had been established in the Garden (Genesis 2). But we can never blame our disobedience on another person. We, and we alone, are responsible and accountable for our loyalty and fidelity to God and His Divine Will for our lives. So what happened then in the Garden of Eden that allowed Adam to disobey His Master and Creator? He got consumed and preoccupied with Self.
Lucifer, now Satan, resided in the very Glory of God (Ezekiel 28). Unlike Adam, he wasn't on earth when he rebelled against God, he was in heaven! So how do you sin and lead a revolt against the Almighty when you're in the very Presence of His Glory? If you study Ezekiel 28, once again, Lucifer became enamored and infatuated with himSelf.
As we press into the Kingdom of God, there is a Glory that, by the Grace of God, He is going to bestow upon His elect and upon His chosen. It's a Glory unlike we've never experienced before. This Glory will not only be a spiritual one, it will also manifest itself in the natural realm. When this happens, the only way we will remain impervious to Satanic attack is to keep our eyes and our focus strictly and solely on God. This is the only way saints. This is why Jesus strongly admonishes us in Matthew 16 to deny ourselves and carry our cross. Once again, if you study Matthew 16, you'll notice that shortly after Peter had received Divine Revelation of who Christ was, that moments later he was being used as a Satanic instrument to keep Jesus from fulfilling His Destiny. This is what it's all about saints. Please hear me today. It's not about sin! Jesus has already died for our sins. Whatever issues you're having with sin our tied up to your lack of denial of self and crucifixion of the flesh. And even when you're sanctified and have mortified the deeds of the body (Colossians 3); if that Self has not been properly dealt with, you still give Satan just enough to work with to prevent you from fulfilling all that the Father has called you to be and do.
Saints, let's not fall to this Satanic trap. Let's not be ignorant and indifferent to those dynamics within us that still lend themselves to us going against God's Divine Will and Path for our lives. Let us be sober and vigilant, and make sure that we're developing the proper strategies to fight against The Danger of Self.
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