Satan wants to keep you from worshipping the
One he hates. He wants to keep you from doing the right thing, whether
that is spending time alone with the Lord in Scripture and prayer,
attending and participating in public worship services, or any other
thing that will draw you closer to the Lord. Here, courtesy of Thomas
Brooks, are eight ways Satan will keep you from worship.
Here’s how I would encourage you to use the
list. Think of the times that you decide to stay in bed instead of
getting up to read the Bible; think of the times you scrapped family
worship for no good reason; think of the times you stayed home from
church instead of going to worship. Think of those things, and see which
of these temptations is the one Satan brings to you.
He makes the world look beautiful, attractive and desirable.
Many people profess Christ and see him as desirable for a time. For a
while they enjoy private and public worship and do it all with
enthusiasm. But before long Satan presents to them worldly things and
makes those look more beautiful and desirable than Christ, and many
souls are drawn away. “Where one thousand are destroyed by the world’s
frowns, ten thousand are destroyed by the world’s smiles.”
He makes you aware of the fact that those who worship the Lord have often faced danger, loss and suffering.
There are many men who would obey the Lord and worship him, except that
they fear the consequences. Satan loves to present the high cost of
obedience. This was the case for many in Jesus day: “Nevertheless, many
even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees
they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the
synagogue” (John 12:42). Continue at Grace Community
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