Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Daily Lectionary: Joshua 6:6-27; Acts 10:18-33 What does this mean? God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice. Although we are attacked by these things, we pray that we may finally overcome them and win the victory. (The Small Catechism: The Lord's Prayer, Sixth Petition) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. God tempts no one. God is not tempted by evil. God doesn't create unbelief or cause sin. That doesn't mean that God won't permit you to experience spiritual conflict with the powers of evil. Indeed, by transferring you into His Kingdom, God makes you the enemy of the kingdom of darkness. As soon as you renounce the devil at the baptismal font, you become his target. As soon as you confess that Jesus is Lord, the world will hate you, just as it hates Jesus. As soon as the Spirit enters your heart, causing you to trust Jesus and love