Extinguishing Satan's Arrows

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(Excerpted from Cheryl Gnagey's Spiritual Healing:  The Surrender That Brings Victory, Chapter 8)

"In order to have that kind of peace [yesterday's blog], we have to believe that in all situations God is in control.  No matter what our circumstances are, no matter what method of attack the enemy uses against us, and no matter what sin we are trying to rid from our lives, we must have the faith that God knows our situation, and will be in control of it, if we will release it out of our control.  This is the shield of faith that is spoken of as part of the spiritual armor we are to wear.  It is our faith in God in the midst of every facet of our lives that helps us extinguish the arrows that satan will inevitably shoot at each one of God's children."

“For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world.   And this is the victory that has overcome the world—OUR FAITH.   (1 John 5.4)

If we are never ready to surrender our entire lives into God's hands, we will never see the fiery arrows that satan shoots at us extinguished. That requires our faith in a God who is supreme. We often do not surrender to Him, and therefore fall prey to temptation and its sin, because we do not want to let go of the reins of our life to Him. Who is your faith truly resting in--Him or you?