He Fights to Destroy!!

                                                            

Fight what you can't see.

Do you ever feel like you are having to fight something you don't see to make things happen? Do you seem to have a struggle of some kind each time you attempt to progress your life forward or to follow the things of God?

 You know the world around you doesn't always want you to succeed. There are many different challenges we face whose purpose is to prevent us from knowing who we are and to keep us from finding what our skills are. There are so many different things that present themselves to us that would like to be "the real thing". The thing that is "truth" and that we can say "hey this is what I base my principles and life on as guidelines to set the standard for my values and decisions, and it is right."

When we look at the options, we can get so confused and discouraged and not know what is true and what is not. We could spend a lifetime and all our finances to find the truth. Or we can get frustrated and give trying.

Even more than the world is against us there is another enemy that has a whole army that is against each of us. They have been doing this for over 6000 years. Harassing and tormenting us to distract us and keep us from what God has planned for us. No not gentle at all. His ultimate goal is to destroy us. This enemy has the idea that if he and his army can keep you from knowing who you are, then he can keep you in his grasp and in his control. If he can get you to believe that he doesn't exist, then you will not be intentional about coming against him in your own life or in the lives of others. Therefore, placing us in a state of inactivity and even comatose.

 In this state we do little or nothing for the kingdom. Winning souls and discipling others is nonexistent. Thus, our purpose is unfulfilled, and others are broken and on there way to a fiery hell to burn for eternity. Wow! That

seems a bit extreme, but our adversary is not playing around.

When we take the time to read the Word of God we place ourselves in a humble position to learn and understand truth. Even if you personally don’t believe in the Bible, there are so many principles of truth that will educate us and we can gain so much wisdom from them. The books of Psalms and Proverbs alone can change so much ugly in us, that we can begin to see truth again. The Bible is not just words on a page, but it is the spirit of God breathed into man. There is no way that will not change us.

So let me ask you, 6what can you do to increase your Bible reading time in your life? What was the most recent truth you received in your Bible reading time?