Standing Against the Flood

In the daily life you will meet with sudden surprises, disappointments, and temptations. What saith the word? "Resist the devil," by firm reliance upon God, "and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." "Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me." Look unto Jesus at all times and in all places, offering a silent prayer from a sincere heart that you may know how to do His will. Then when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard for you against the enemy. (Isa 59:19) When you are almost ready to yield, to lose patience and self-control, to be hard and denunciatory, to find fault and accuse- this is the time for you to send to heaven the prayer, "Help me...to represent the character of Christ to others." -Adventist Home, 214, 215

We know the dangers and temptations that beset the youth at the present time are not few or small...we live in an age when to resist evil calls for constant watchfulness and prayer. God's precious Word is the standard for youth who would be loyal to the King of heaven. Let them study the Scriptures. Let them commit text after text to memory, and acquire a knowledge of what the Lord has said...And in trial let the youth spread out the Word of God before them, and with humble hearts, and in faith, seek the Lord for wisdom to find out His way, and for strength to walk in it...Let our young men (and women) institute warfare against every habit that has the least danger of leading the soul from duty and devotion. Let them have stated seasons for prayer, never neglecting them if it can possibly be avoided. If they go out to battle with their vicious habits indulged as before they professed fellowship with Christ they will soon fall and easy prey to Satan's devices. But armed with the Word of God, having it treasured in heart and mind, they will come forth unharmed by all the assaults of the foes of God or man.- My Life Today, 315

Friends...the devil is determined to see us fail in our Christian walk, but through prayer, and the word of God, we will be able to stand against the floods of the devil.