Recently one of my dearest sisters asked the question why does God allow the devil to do such awful things to God's people and also to innocent children?
The disciples asked similar questions of Jesus "As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
The Bible from OT to NT shows God's desire for us to obey Him and to resist the devil. Every story event points to God's desire for us to be whole, full of His love, and experience His abundant life.
Unfortunately, we allow the devil to continue to lie to us, as he lied to Adam and eve in the garden.
"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
We need to remember that God keeps his word. One day Satan will be cast into hell for eternity. Until then Satan will still do his job, of attacking. killing, stealing and destroying all of God's creation. We too need to do our job of bringing down the schemes of the devil. As.God's children, we are soldiers in God's army. Our fight is against evil and Satan's plans. If we allow the Holy Spirit to build us up in our spirit man, if we come together and work against the kingdom of darkness, If we obey God and have faith as small as a mustard seed, we can move the mountains. It is only then that we can bring God's healing, and reverse the things that Satan and his demons have put on mankind.
13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Being a Christian is not for the weak, double-minded, ungrateful, or prideful.A true Christian is faithful, humble, and obedient to His Lord and Savior. The battle is good against evil. Jesus has given us the victory, by His crucified,and resurrected
