God's Got His Fingers In His Ears

# 281 – Today's Living Word comes from Mark 3:1,2 “And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.”

Still another Sabbath incident! No pun intended, but don't you wish these Pharisees would give this Sabbath thing a rest? As I read this I am drawn to two words: “Closely,” and “accuse.”

Did you know that at this very minute you and I are being watched very closely, and one of the reasons we are being watched is to be accused? Yup! The devil and his demons are always on the prowl, looking for ways to separate us from Christ, and one of their methods is accusation.

They will nit-pick, as the Pharisees were doing here with Jesus, looking for some legalistic angle to get you to doubt your salvation, or they will try to stir up memories of your past sins causing you to doubt God's ability to wipe your slate clean.

If you struggle with these accusations remember this from Rev. 12:10, “for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”

Cast down from where? From heaven, where, until the death of Jesus he had God's ear. (read the first two chapters of Job and you'll see what I mean. Please note his accusations against Job.) But when Jesus died and paid for all the sins of the world, God tossed him out on his ear! With all sins paid for there is no one to accuse!

In a nutshell, that means that even though the accuser is ranting and raving against you on earth, as a believer, God's got His fingers in His ears and singing a tune. (la la la la) He's not hearing any of it. Cling to God's promises of forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ.

But beware, because on the Last Day (Judgment Day) the devil will have one final opportunity to make his case against you, and only those who are found in Christ will be spared.

“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. (Mr 16:16)

I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.