Have you ever felt that God was calling you to do something but that Satan was talking to you also? How do you know if it's God or Satan calling you to take action? I experienced that this last week. I felt that God was calling me to do something very difficult and if I messed it up, there could be disastrous consequences.
Oh, how I agnozied over that call. I prayed and prayed, I talked to my accountabilty partner, I searched the scriptures. I wanted to be sure I was hearing God correctly. I didn't want to mess up. I took my time. I continually asked God to let me hear his call clearly and know deep in my soul that He was calling me. As the time approached for me to take the action, I stepped up my scripture search. And time after time God took me to the scriptures that confirmed the call was from Him. God also used my accountability partner to affirm that the call was from Him.
Finally, when God put deep in my soul that the call was from Him, I knew that at that point I had to deal with what Satan was telling me, which was contrary to what God was saying. I knew then that spiritual warfare was raging again in my life and I had to deal with it. I wrote out all the scriptures that God had taken me to and meditated on them. Then I threw them in Satan's face and prayed James 4:7 over the calling.
The day arrived that I needed to take the action that God had called me to. And of course, Satan was right there telling me that I should be afraid, because a mistake would be disastrous. But one of the scriptures God had taken me to was, "God has not given me a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love, power and a sound mind." I knew that "perfect love casts out fear" and that what God had called me to was to love someone unconditionally like Christ loves me. And since I am covered by the blood of Jesus, I have the same power that He has and that power will overcome any fear that Satan will throw my way.
And Praise be to God, He has given me a sound mind to be able to process all that information and come out victorious! And oh, how victorious it was. The day I obeyed God was an absolutely wonderul day. I knew that God was there walking right beside me as I obeyed His call. When that voice of Satan entered my head and said that I should be afraid, I threw scripture at him and, Praise be to God, that voice left. There was no fear, just perfect peace.
The call was absolutely from God and God honored my obedience to Him. What He had called me to do was very difficult but I am so glad I sought His perfect will and obeyed. It's not easy being a Christ follower, don't let anybody tell you it is. But I have found that when I persevere in following Him, He will lead me in a way that brings perfect peace and joy into my life. Praise be to God!
