Day 43
Answering the Accuser
Psalm 17:8 (NKJV), Keep me
as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings…”
Psalm 3:3 (NKJV), But You,
O Lord, are a shield for
me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.
Colossians 3:3 (NKJV), For
you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
These verses, and there are
many more like them, direct our attention to the protective virtues of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Psalm 17 verse 8 projects
the imagery of a mother bird protecting her young by hiding them under her
wings, and Colossians 3 verse 3 declares our life is hidden in Christ. And
Psalm 3 verse 3 declares our Lord to be a shield of protection.
To be hidden in Christ or
living under the shadow of His wings one must remain in covenant. For when we
are abiding in Christ (living in covenant with Him) we are hidden in the shadow
of His wings and the shield of Faith is activated and energized and continues
to protect us from the fiery darts, which are the accusations of the wicked
one.
Because we are dead and
hidden in Christ when the accuser knocks on the door of our mind with his
multiple accusations, Jesus Christ answers. How does He do that you ask?
Before conversion our
natural reaction was to defend ourselves viciously against our accusers or
angrily agree with the accusations against others. However, with our new
nature, the nature of Love, the nature of Christ that is formed in us, when the
accusations come the appropriate virtue of Christ, such as forgiveness, or
patience, answers the door.
1 Peter 2:9 (AMP), But you
are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own
purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and
display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light.
We have been called forth
to shine the light of Christ, His deeds and virtues and perfections into a
fallen dark world.
Ending thought
Is Christ through, the
virtues of love, answering the accuser when he knocks on your door?