Why God Resists Us
“God resists the proud.”
JAMES 4:6
Our automatic assumption is that anything which resists us or hinders us
is of satanic origin. Yet we learn from James 4:6 that there is Someone
Else who can resist us. There is Another Who carefully watches what we
do, and frequently hinders us from making progress. It comes as a shock
and surprise to some Christians to see one day that God, not the devil,
is resisting them. The Lord Himself resists us, closes doors, causes
things to be unfruitful, and spoils all our plans. How so? Because “God
resists the proud.”
This resistance from God is insurmountable. It is a fearful thing to
fight the Lord. We spend most of our lives wrestling with God instead of
cooperating with God, and in the end we have nothing to show for it. So
much time and effort is wasted because we proceed in our own, stubborn
way. We attribute all difficulties to the devil, or to other people, or
our circumstances, or our environment, and fail to recognize that the
Lord Himself is resisting us.
Source: Embrace the Cross by Chip Brogden
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