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Him, and not for results. With the enemy of fearful
thoughts camped all around me I found no inner sense
of fear as I continued to turn to the Lord refusing to play
with the soul tempting scenarios offered all around me.
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist
the devil, and he will flee from you.”

I had so many opportunities to deeply share Christ, it
would take another book to tell that story. I never had
to initiate a conversation. One by one the Lord sent
hungry hearts (parched) my way. It was obvious that
these were divine appointments. As tears flowed, phone
numbers and emails got exchanged. While sharing these
testimonies of the Lord’s faithfulness I used the word
“surrender”. Bells and lights went off in my spirit
knowing I had stumbled upon the word I was searching
for to describe the change in Job. I think the word
“faith” is more clearly illustrated by the word
“surrender” than “believe”. I meet so many Christians
who exhibit pride as they testify how their belief got
them through. It is hard to be prideful when you use the
word “surrender”. The Greek word for faith “pistis”,
literally means to allow yourself to be persuaded.
Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace are ye saved, through
faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of
God, not of works, lest any man should boast.” But I
hear many boast!

Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto
me, to every man that is among you, think of himself
more highly than he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the
measure of faith.” That’s why I like to say “God doesn’t
believe in atheists”! The Lord has set eternity in every
man’s heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11) so no one will have an
excuse. It is not a belief problem but rather one of
surrender. Adam and eve didn’t have a belief problem
(they walked with God in the Garden), they wanted to
rule themselves. Satan doesn’t have a belief problem (he
communicates with the Lord in the heavenlies), he
wants to rule his own kingdom. The demons recognized
Jesus but won’t bow the knee.

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