Well the last couple of blog posts have just been articles or other blogs that I thought were great resources and by the feedback I have received I am glad that others have found them useful. I want to get back to posting some video blogs (because I really enjoy doing those), but this one I felt like I needed to write (because there is no way it will fit in my 2 min time limit...haha). I have to admit I have a very heavy heart today. I am feeling the urge to fight! Not to fight a physical fight, but rather a spiritual fight!
Those of you that know me well, know that I am not a super "spiritual" person, I love God with all of my heart don't get me wrong, but I strive to be practical with my relationship with God. I say that for nothing more to preface my thoughts. I don't like when people always like to blame everything on "a" or "the" devil. But recently there has been some events that have taken place in peoples lives that there is just no other explanation.
Over the last couple of weeks and especially yesterday a verse has been coming to life for me and hit has made me want to start a fight! Its a very well known verse, its John 10:10 "The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life."
I am so sick of the enemy/thief (the devil) stealing the joy, killing the plans, and destroying the lives of the ones that I love. I am a protective person, if someone tries to harm one of my kids you bet I will do everything in my power to stop them. The enemy is messing with the lives of the students in Axiom and friends in ministry and I refuse to sit back and just watch it happen!
I want to payback the enemy for the lies that he is using to destroy lives. He is feeding people lines and they are buying them hook, line and sinker. As a result lives are being ruined! I can't get mad at the person(s), thought I want to, because its not them...its the enemy working against them.
My heart is breaking as I write this...I feel hurt, then I feel mad! I want to fight...but then the scripture reminds me...Ephesians 6:12 in the NLT "For we
are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil
rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in
this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places" and then the Message says, "This is no afternoon athletic contest that
we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for
keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all
his angels."
The question that I keep asking myself is am I fighting hard enough? To be honest the answer right now is NO, but that HAS to change. No longer am I willing to sit back and be a spectator as the enemy destroys the lives of the ones I love and care about...enough said....IT'S ON!
