We are demolishing arguments and ideas, every high-and-mighty philosophy that pits itself against the knowledge of the one true God. We are taking prisoners of every thought, every emotion, and subduing them into obedience to (Jesus) the Anointed One. 2 Corinthians 10:5 VOICE
One of the greatest hindrances in our walk with Jesus through this life is us allowing the enemy to get us into a ditch. If he can get us stuck, hung up, distracted, off course, however you want to define it, we are allowing him to be in control. Once there, he builds on the lies and deception that got us there. He argues with us and feeds our frustrations. Whispering words that tell us we screwed up and now we’re on our own. Because we “went our own way” God no longer is willing to help us. He hisses in our ears “you made your own bed, now you have to lie in it.” With every lie and argument he churns our thoughts and emotions into a slurry of quicksand and before we know it we can’t see any way out and we throw up our hands and give up.
How do I know these things, because it recently happened to me. I began posting devotions again with the goal of posting a new one every day. Well, you can see what happened, for five days I have not sat down and wrote one word. It’s not because I have nothing to write or I didn’t feel like it; it’s because life happened and for those few days writing was not a priority. I know the enemy was taunting me the entire time about me not sticking to what I planned. But what he didn’t realize was that reminding me about my plans, he was giving me the way out. How? Look at the first sentence of today’s verse, We are demolishing arguments and ideas, every high-and-mighty philosophy that pits itself against the knowledge of the one true God.
The knowledge of the One True God, that tells me in Proverbs 16:9 that I can make my plans, but the Lord directs my steps. Jeremiah 29:11 reminds me God has better plans for me than I can make. Genesis 50:20, that which was meant for evil against me God turns into good, and here’s the push, for the salvation of many! Satan wanted me to think because “my plans” weren’t being carried through I was a liar, a disappointment to others and God, because I didn’t do what I planned. But here’s the thing, as a blood bought child of the God, life isn’t about my plans, it’s about me following His plans for me. And sometimes that means making changes that don’t seem to make sense at the time.
I believe the devil set out to get me stuck and stop me from writing and sharing the goodness, grace, mercy and forgiveness found in the love of God through His Son Jesus Christ. He wanted to use my thoughts and emotions to focus on me and my plans and what a failure I was. Not only to destroy me, but to keep others from finding Salvation in Jesus. But God’s plan was not only to remind me it’s all about Him, whose I am and who I am through Jesus, but that He wants to and will do the same for you.
Leave a Reply