The Devil Flees ...

James 4:7-8a (KJV) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

I have always thought that the reason the devil flees in this passage is because as we submit and draw closer to God and God draws closer to us, that the devil flees from the presence of God, that he can’t bear to be where God is.

Recently however I have been thinking about stories where God/Jesus and the devil were in the same place and the devil did not flee. E.g in the wilderness where the devil tempted Jesus for 40 days, on the cross where the devil crucified Jesus, when Moses was resurrected the devil stayed and argued over the body, the devil is shown in heaven with God in the first few chapters of Job.

So questions:

1. Is it possible for the devil and God to both be actively working in someone’s life at the same time?
2. Why does the devil flee when we resist him?

 Answers must be supported by scripture!!!!!