“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” – James 4:7
This world teaches us to be self-sufficient and independent. But James reveals the real secret behind success – ‘Submission’. A proud person thinks that he/she can survive without God. Submission to God is humbling ourselves under His authority and seeking His will in every situation.
A humble person always brings himself under God’s authority. ‘Submit’ is a Greek military term, which means to arrange in a military fashion under the command of a leader. In the war with the enemy(satan), a humble person submits to his Commander-in-Chief, God! If we want to resist the devil, we must first surrender to God. We can resist the devil only with the help of God!
May the LORD help us to draw on His power to resist the devil, rather than our own.
“…we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” – Romans 8:37