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SUBMIT AND RESIST 2

Text : James 4:7

Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you .

For verse(7) seven to start with 'therefore', it presupposes that there is a foregoing discourse. Hence, to have a better understanding of our text, there's need to gloss over the preceding verses.

 *VERSE ONE* 
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you? James 4:1.

Note that the book of James was written to believers in Christ, yet there were wars and fighting among them just as we have it today. 

To successfully deal with something, you have to go to the root. The root of the unending  quarrels and conflicts among you is *YOUR CRAVINGS* . 

The right question to ask here is " *what are my cravings?"*
Your cravings are your hedonistic desires. That is, desires that you are overly devoted to, which more or less controls your body. 

Most times, when you are caught up in the web of ceaseless arguments and quarrels,  you may be tempted to point accusing finger at the other party(ies) involved (this is only natural). But no natural man has the wherewithal to resist the devil. 

To resist the devil however,  you have to step up from being the natural to the spiritual man. A spiritual man must cease from following his cravings.  He must die to self.  You must die to your selfish desires,  ego,   cravings etc.  As a matter of fact, you must die to your rights.  **This is submission to God.* When this is done, you can *RESIST*  the devil and he will *FLEE* 

 *For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom 8:13*
 
Bible reading: James 4: 1-17.

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