Psalm 140:7
If you determine to live according to biblical standards, be sure that your enemy is seeking to devour you. You will encounter the darts of the Devil.
Someone put it this way: "Whoever desires to walk with God walks right into the crucible." All who choose godliness live in a crucible. The tests will come. But all is not lost. Far from it!
Our great hope and assurance is that the One in us is greater than the one in the world.
We do not face such a formidable enemy that we cannot fight him or stand firm and secure in our decision. Our Lord is the God of hope...His supply line never runs short. When His godly followers are in need, He is there to supply the necessary reinforcements.
As you do battle, God will provide for all of your needs.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.