Meditate
On
And
the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came
from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
Luke
3:22
Always Remember You Are God’s
Beloved
Immediately
after Jesus was baptized, He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to
be tempted by the devil. The devil came to Jesus and said, “If You are the Son
of God, command that these stones become bread” (Matthew 4:3). Now, don’t
forget that Jesus had just heard the voice of His Father affirming Him with the
words “You are My beloved Son.” Years ago, as I was studying Jesus’ temptations
by the devil, the Lord asked me, “Did you notice that the devil dropped one
word when he came to tempt My Son?”
I
had never heard anyone preach this before or read this in any book, but God
opened my eyes to see that the devil had omitted the word “beloved”! God had
just told Jesus, “You are My beloved Son.” But shortly after that, the devil
came to Jesus, saying, “If You are the Son of God…” The word “beloved” is
missing! The serpent had cunningly left it out!
The
Lord then showed me that for the devil’s temptations to work, he cannot remind
you that you are God’s beloved. The moment you are reminded of your identity as
God’s beloved in Christ, he will not be able to succeed! It’s no wonder that
the devil wants to rob believers of their sense of being God’s beloved. So
don’t fall for the devil’s trick.
Remind yourself today and every day that you
are God’s beloved!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH
PRINCE
