10 Weapons the devil Uses To Cause You To Miss The Will Of God (part 1 of 5)

God has a perfect will for us and a permissive will. There is a way He knows will work out perfectly. But because He has given us the ability to choose our course and will, so arrives the dilemma. Does He intervene as a “control freak” and change the world for us or does He allow things to work themselves out? Parents can understand this concept when it comes to children learning from their OWN mistakes.

Whether we believe it or not, there is a devil. His role during your life is to get you out of the will of God. Why? Because he knows that God loves us and has arranged for us to spend all of eternity with Him. The devil is still ticked off that he got kicked out of Heaven and will not get to spend all eternity with our Maker. So he wants to prevent people from spending eternity with God. He uses different tactics to accomplish this.

1. Distraction – The devil tries to distract you from what you ought to be doing and who you ought to be being. When we know God’s will and operate in it, we are blessed and prospered. Simply said, the devil knows if he can distract you, you will have lost your focus. When you lose your focus, you lose direction and go off course. Consequently, out of the will of God.

2. People – The devil can’t make anybody do anything. We do what we do because we choose to. Some circumstances are provided to us without our consent. However, we always have a choice how we will function or respond. When others get “enthusiastic” about their own motives, ideas, and projects, they can say and do things that are not necessarily in the will of God. This may affect us. What do we do? As I said, some circumstances are provided to us without our consent. Generally these circumstances will find their origin in people out of the will of God. The devil is all for planting “out of the will of God” ideas. If it takes root in someone, then the devil has succeeded and the person doesn’t even know they are being used in an evil way.