Have you ever felt like someone was playing games with you-testing to see just how far you could be pushed? Perhaps such a situation is hindering your sleep tonight.

Jesus knew what it was to endure this kind of treatment. The Pharisees were continually trying to trap and trick Him into saying something that would justify His arrest. Just such a "set up" occurred when they brought Him the woman who was caught in adultery. The Apostle John reports that every question they asked was "a trap in order to have a basis for accusing him" (John 8:6, NIV).

However, Jesus utilized His ability to call on His Father's wisdom and thus avoided all their pitfalls. He turned the tables! Without using one ounce of cruelty, He did what Brother Cerullo has been teaching you to do. He went on the offensive! In the case of the adulterous woman: "When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.' Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away..." (John 8:7-9, NIV).

With that one insightful remark, Jesus turned the tide and the battle was won! Learn to call upon Your Heavenly Father, as Jesus did, for the best response in a tough situation. For when His words are delivered, the foe retreats!

Heavenly Father, thank you that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but are mighty in You. Teach me to draw from Your wisdom and to hear Your words, so that whenever someone tries to play games or entrap me, Your light will outshine the darkness, and You will give me victory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.