Luke 22:31-32(NKJV)
And the Lord
said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may
sift you as wheat.
But I have prayed
for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
Think about the
verse above. Why didn't Jesus just tell
Satan no when Satan asked for Simon?
Wouldn't that have been a lot easier?
If I were Simon I would be grateful for the prayers Jesus offered on my
behalf but I would have been even more grateful if Jesus had just told Satan no
and put an end to it.
So why do you think
Jesus didn't just say no?
I think it goes back
to what I have said before. There are
some life lessons that can only be learned through adversity. It seems to me that Jesus is telling Simon
that he needs to learn to battle Satan on his own through the power of
Jesus. That is different than letting
Jesus fight our battles for us.
Does that make
sense?
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