When Satan tries to take you high, you can be certain that his only goal is to bring you low.
The enemy uses the “high life” to entice people. He tempts us with offers of the best but ultimately rewards with the worst. It is the opposite with Jesus. Satan wants to take you high and then bring you low—Jesus wants to take you low and then exalt you so that He can use you for His glory.
Jesus is the Son of God, yet He fasted for 40 days in the wilderness before He ever began His ministry. During the fast, the devil tempted Jesus to exalt Himself, but He refused.
Our Lord humbled Himself through fasting, and He came out of that fast in the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4).
When you fast, you’re saying, “No, I’m not taking myself high. I’m humbling myself and I only want God to promote me according to His will and His purpose and His plan for my life.”
Can God use you? King Saul exalted himself, and had to be removed as King (1 Samuel 15:12). God raised up a humble shepherd boy to take his place. Jesus said, “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matt. 23:12). Man cannot hold you down when God exalts you. Your influence for God will spread and push back the darkness. The system cannot keep you back. The people can’t hinder you when God says, “I will exalt.”
As you fast and pray today, may the Spirit of God become more real to you than ever before.
As you humble yourself before the mighty hand of God, believe that in due season, He will exalt you. God bless you. Keep on fasting.
8/18. MON. DAY 9: CHANGE