Do you recognize Satan as a spiritual bully who wants to intimidate and defeat you? How will you take what you know now and prepare yourself for the daily battles when he tries to steal your confidence as a child of God?
I absolutely see Satan as a spiritual bully who wants to intimidate and defeat me. And in seeing that is sometimes the easiest way he tempts me. He lets me see how many times he’s pulled one over on me and I begin to question my relationship with Christ and who I am that I let him disarm me. Or sometimes I know he’s tempting me and I begin to panic that I can’t stand, again allowing him to disarm me which then proceeds to make me doubt myself because it happened.
When it happened the other day, I began to quote what I could remember from the “Who I Am in Christ” chart and then did something very out of character for me, I went straight to a friend’s house (at 8:00pm), knocked on her door and crying said, “I need a hug. I’m feeling overwhelmed and defeated and I know this isn’t God. Help me.” Not only did she let me vent my feelings, remind me of whose I am, and encourage me, but she also then distracted me from those thoughts till we were laughing and Satan no longer was the voice I could hear. I know that’s not the answer for everyday, but that was a huge deal for me. For the everyday, I’m trying to remind myself every morning who I am and Whose I am. I’m adding pieces from that chart to the postings I already have around the house. When I begin to feel it, I need to take a minute and take it to God right then, no matter what, where, when. I need His strength right now to help me get to a point where I can daily stand.
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