Satan has desired to have you, that he might sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. Luke 22:31-32. Yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Amos 9:9. For I will keep thee from the hour of temptation. Revelation 3:10.
Sometimes we may imagine ourselves to be divinely convinced of the will of God, both by seeming outward providences, and inward persuasions of faith; and yet it is possible that the siftings of Satan, arc at the bottom: however the Lord will over-rule him at last, and order all things for the best, for his people. May the Lord make us watchful against our own spirit, and against the evil one, especially when he is transformed into an angel of light, that it may not be in his power to sift us.
In vain the baffled prince of hell,
His cursed project tries;
We that were doomed his endless slaves,
Are raised above the skies.
Jesus the Lord, shall guard me safe
From every ill design;
And to his heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine.
God is my everlasting aid,
And hell shall rage in vain!
To him be highest glory paid,
And endless praise. Amen.