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Exposition
Genesis 3 tells us how the devil’s temptation of Adam and Eve led to the fall of man. Verse 1a says the serpent (devil) was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. Other translations use “cunning and subtle” in the place of crafty. Today the devil is still in the business of seeking to destroy children of God. The devil’s devices are sometimes not obvious to man; that is where craftiness and cunning are introduced.
Our Prayer text today lets us know that the Almighty God disappoints the devices of the crafty. God has been doing that to protect His children and He continues to do so today.
Exodus 1:8 says that Pharaoh set taskmasters over the Israelites to afflict them with hard bondage and Verse 11 says the more they were afflicted the more they multiplied and grew. That was God disappointing the Crafty.
Another example can be found in Esther Chapter 7 where Haman had dug gallows where he hoped to hang Mordecai. Verse 10 tells us that Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Isn’t that amazing?
You could ask why does God not stop the devil and its agents before their plans are hatched? I believe more often than not before you are aware of the devices and plans of the Enemy, the Hosts of Heaven are dispatched to destroy such plans. On the other hand, the Almighty God allows some devices to take off against us before they are nipped in the bud. God wants us to place our hope and confidence in Him. He wants us to pray to Him in our time of need. Sometimes He wants us to be aware of the great and mighty things He does on our behalf so that we can glorify Him at all times.
Prayer
I thank you, my God and my King for the uncountable things that you do for my family and I. I thank you, Lord, for what you have done and continue to do for my nation. You are wiser than the wisest; therefore the wisdom of the enemy will come to nothing in Jesus name.
As you have promised, I ask that you disappoint all the devices, plots and snares that my enemy has planned against me. I ask that you make it impossible for them to perform their enterprise. Let their machinery be destroyed by fire. Let the obstacles programmed against me be the source of their downfall in Jesus name.
Bible Reading Plan in 26 weeks (Be part of the Bible Reading Program)
Day 7
Pentateuch - Genesis 7
History – Joshua 7
Poetry – Job 7
Wisdom – Proverbs 7
Prophets – Jeremiah 7
Gospels – Matthew 7
Epistles – Romans 7
End Times – Daniel 7
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