7/24 - Behold....
"Behold I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed" - Rev 16:15
Voodoo is a religion which places Satan as head. It is practiced extensively in Haiti but is not limited to its borders or the Haitian people. There are signs of it here in the DR if you know what you are looking for.
However, in the voodoo belief system, the Devil is NOT all powerful. He only has the power that we give him. Without that, he has no power.
At least that is according to a gentleman who recently shared with us a little about his life. He spent many years practicing voodoo and now has given his life with a real passion over to Christ.
I am not sure about all he shared with us but he did say that he entered voodoo completely unaware one evening when 7 spirits entered him. He was not a Christian and really had no spiritual direction and that is the most dangerous position to be in. No one seeks the religion. The person most likely to be drawn into voodoo worship is one who is complacent and unaware.
Voodoo is based on fear. Christianity is based on hope. In fact, voodoo religion is aware of the saving presence of Christ. They can sense a person is a Christian even when the Christian is not wearing any outward signs (ie Christian T-shirts/holding a Bible/etc) because they sense something they have never experienced - a sweetness and a love that can only come from Christ.
He also reminded us that the Lord fills us with living water which flows down from above. Satan tries to fill us with the blood that comes up from the earth. Christ tells us to ALWAYS be alert, always be awake in our spirit. He tells us too, not to hid our lamp under a bushel. The active presence of the Holy Spirit does cast away the powers of Satan that we have given him. The world does see our sweetness and our life just as Christ has given it to us.
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