James 4:7 So give yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you
A mimic is someone who copies the behavior, speech or actions of another person. In the right setting this can be a humorous & entertaining pastime. If we mimic the wrong thing or behavior we quickly pick up bad habits that are difficult to eradicate from our life. But if we mimic the good then our life improves.
Today’s verse tells us to simply mimic God rather than the devil. It also lets us know that when we do this, a very powerful thing will happen: THE DEVIL WILL RUN AWAY FROM YOU. That’s right if you mimic God’s Word in your behavior, the devil will RUN FROM YOU! Now this sounds like the perfect pastime to get involved in.
To be able to mimic someone we need to study them very closely. Some people are so good at mimicking the devil because that’s all they’ve ever seen. This is very sad but it’s not the end. All we have to do is surrender [or give ourselves] to God and start acting like His Word says we should. In no time at all the devil will hightail it out of our life.
This week lets help put the running shoes on the devil. Find one verse in your bible that you would like to activate in your life & then mimic [take on the same behavior, speech & actions] as it says. In no time at all the devil will be running away from you and if you keep it up he’ll not return. This is a great victory to activate in our lives today.
