Fri.’s Devo - By Faith

Read: Deuteronomy 7:1-8:20; Luke7:36-8:3; Psalm 69:1-18; Proverbs 12:1
In the Old Testament the pagan people represented demonic spirits that we fight in the spirit. There were seven nations that the Israelites were to face in the promised land. They were the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. They stood for fear, fornication, witchcraft, idolatry, envy, liars, and hate. Those are the enemies that we are to make ho treaties with and show no mercy to. They will lead us away from the Lord and we will end up worshipping another god that will destroy us.
God warned his people that these nations were a trap that would snare them. He told them not to be afraid of those nations because God is a great and awesome God. He would drive them out ahead of them little by little, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for them. He promised to throw their enemies into complete confusion until they were destroyed. They were to erase their names from the face of the earth.
That is exactly how God cleans out our enemies -little by little. God works on us issue by issue, memory by memory. There is no instant deliverance or 12 step program and then you are free from all your demons. God brings up memories as we can handle them. Then we have to forgive, ask for forgiveness and repent. It is a life-time process. There are great rewards along the way!
In Luke, Jesus is at the home of one of the Pharisees named Simon. If Simon had believed that Jesus was the Messiah, he would have washed his feet, greeted him with a kiss and anointed his head with oil. Instead, a prostitute had to show him the way to salvation. She understood that Jesus was the Messiah, so her sins were forgiven and her faith saved her.
There are many people who want to know about God but only the humble and repentant will be saved.