Stop blaming or giving credit to the devil!!!
James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Job 1:8 – And the Lord said to Satan, “have you considered my servant Job?”
I Peter 4:12 – Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though some strange thing were happening to you. But REJOICE!
I Peter 4:19 – Therefore let those who suffer [to experience a sensation, usually painful] according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful creator while doing good.
Isaiah 54:2 – enlarge the place of your tent [stretch]…
James 1:2-6 – Count it all JOY, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ASK God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting…
God sends or allows the trial or the suffering. It ALWAYS has PURPOSE! We are to count it joy and to rejoice in these situations. Not pout, blame the devil, resist change, resist instruction. ASK God for wisdom in the situation. ASK GOD!!! Stop blaming or giving credit to the devil. It came from God. Accept it. Seek Him. Submit to Him. Learn. Change. Grow. Be stretched. Enlarge your tent!!
Things will be shaken. We cannot grow in our comfort zone.
Matthew 6:33 – But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for day is its own trouble. “
Proverbs 3:6 – In all your ways, ACKNOWLEDGE Him! (H3045 used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Matthew 4:1 – Then Jesus was led up BY THE SPIRIT into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.