Instructions: submit to the Lord and resist the devil.

 James 4:7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Two key actions we are given here, to submit to God and to resist the devil. Submitting ourselves to God includes surrendering control to Him, recognizing that His ways are better than ours. That our plans may have flaws or be short-sighted whilst His, go from generation to generation. Also, submitting to God, is showing respect and being obedient to His will and instructions. Like father Abraham, who is described in the bible as a man with faith, that pleased God. When God gave him instructions, he would not hesitate but follow as instructed. Remember when he was instructed to sacrifice his one and only son? By faith, he trusted God's plans, even when in the flesh it was painful. By so doing, he resisted the devil that was whispering to him not to follow the instructions of God. Basically, going against what the fesh or what you see in the flesh, and keeping your eyes on the Lord.

This becomes easier to do, when you have built your relationship solid, with God. You get to trust what He says as you would've seen His faithfulness in the past. The more we hold on to God's word and putting action to His instructions, it's the more the devil realize that we are anchored to the Lord and he will eventually flee from us. Our starting point it to connect ourselves to God and His word, the rest will follow.