Ol Slewfoot’s goal is to keep you from accomplishing God’s purpose in your life. Keep you from taking the time to worship, keep you from finding the time to read God’s Word. If you allow him to do this, you become spiritually malnourished. You can become discouraged and heavy hearted and depressed (all of which are not what the Bible lists as fruits of the spirit). The Bible says in Ephesians 5:15-17:
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”
Understanding WHAT the Lord’s will is for your life is found when we turn our eyes to Jesus. When we seek what HIS good and perfect will is for our lives. THIS is the most important thing we can do. Seek God for what He has called us to do. satan and his demons have studied you, they know what hurts you, they know what distracts you, they know how to get to you. STAND STEADFAST in the Lord. There is power in the name of Jesus. God called us to walk in His victory, not defeat. While the storm may rage all around you stand firm in the peace that God has given you through Christ Jesus.
That storm comes in many forms – it can come in the form of loved ones who don’t walk according to God’s purpose or instruction. Take a look at Lot’s wife. LOT’S WIFE TRIED TO DISTRACT AND DISCOURAGE HIM FROM KEEPING HIS EYES ON GOD. The closest person in Lot’s life told him in Job 2:9:
“His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!””
Listen, our enemy does not come daintily or gingerly or even gently, we are in the middle of a spiritual war, and he goes for the jugular. Jesus tells us in John 10:10:
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”
Jesus came so that we may have life and have it to the FULL. We ARE victorious in Him; we only have to walk in that victory.
Ol’ slewfoot is going to attack us in the areas of our heart. *his first line of attack is within families, why? because he knows a “house that is divided will not stand” (see Matthew 12:25) and he knows that causing division in families is a jugular attack of his, because he knows that the best way to hurt you (or distract you) is to use those you love most, those closest to you, that are within your inner circle (a perfect example is the fact that Judas as part of Jesus’ inner-circle, if it happened with Jesus, it certainly can and does happen with us) which is those closest to your heart. The devil especially uses those that don’t know him, aren’t mature in Jesus or (and these are the ones who most delight the devil) those who “profess to know him” (like the pharisees), those who are “religious” and don’t show the fruit of God’s Spirit (the fruit mentioned in the Bible that is the result of being in Christ goes against division, see Galatians 5:22-23), fruit of the devil causes distension and fracture and chaos. Other areas of attack can be that *he will cause anxiety in our finances, he will distract us in areas of weakness, our health, any areas that are our well-being (and these are just naming a few areas that the devil works), keeping you from walking in the perfect will and peace of God, or discovering what that will for you in Christ Jesus is – oh yes, let me individualize this – he has studied you, he knows what your weaknesses are. *he knows what tempts you. *he knows the fallings and sins of your families generations and he uses the SAME generational tactics over and over again, because there are such things as “generational sins” and he tries to catch us up in them, especially if we are unaware. Is there a history of divorce in your family? Unfaithfulness in your family? Viciousness in your family where he doesn’t even need to step in and do anything, just use a few members to stir up the pot and cause distension and then watch in glee as you devour one another? Poverty in your family? Never having enough? Sickness in your family? Certain types of diseases? Areas you find that keep coming front and center in your life over and over again that bring you angst? Sadness? Depression? Discouragement? Who gets the glory in that? Oh yes, whether or not you realize it you are in the middle of a spiritual war and the war is over YOUR soul, YOUR purpose, YOUR life because the devil knows how very MUCH God loves you and so he hates you and will do whatever he can to destroy you, destroy your family, destroy all that means anything to you, including you yourself…. THIS is why we need to be worded up mighty much. The devil does not fight fair and he knows that if he attacks your heart, you will be distracted from how God is telling you to live. Who is getting the glory for your life? How are you living? Matthew 7:15-20 warns us:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.”
THIS is why God calls us to pray. THIS is why we MUST store the Word of God in our hearts. The Bible IS God’s love letter to us. If we don’t read it, we stay ignorant to the ways of the evil one and how in Jesus we can walk victoriously in Him.
And so, I ask you, what are you allowing to turn your head? What is YOUR focus this day? Who are YOU listening to? HOW are you living and WHO are you living for? Are you living to satisfy the flesh or have you fed your spirit today? Are you in constant prayer (conversation with the Father) or are you just going about your day unaware of ALL you can be in Him who has called you? Especially for a time such as this! There are things that YOU can be doing for the Kingdom of God that furthers God’s purpose?
Listen, there are souls that God needs YOU to touch for Him. You are an important part of God’s plan. There is someone who needs to know God’s love which is only found in Christ Jesus. There is NO greater joy then to know that God wants to work through you to bring someone into the knowledge of God’s love. I pray that these words Holy Spirit has given me to write out today, in the calling God has called ME to act in and to do will touch your heart. Will touch your soul, will minister to your spirit in a way only Holy Spirit can. That you will seek God and ask Him what plan He has for YOUR life. If you have given your life to Him, REALLY given your life over to Him the Bible says in Galatians 2:20:
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
You have been purchased at a very high price by a God who loved you enough to come down from Heaven in the form of man, to meet you exactly where you are at. He left the glories of Heaven FOR YOU. He was born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life and was crucified on the cross for forgiveness of YOUR sins. So that the relationship which God originally created man to have with Him could be fully restored. He rose from the dead IN VICTORY defeating sin and death and is even now seated at the right hand of the Father. Make NO mistake, Jesus WILL come again. What will He find in you? He gave His VERY life for you. Will you accept it? Will you cherish it? Will you thank Him for His sacrifice of love? If you desire this – please pray the prayer below and accept the gift that He gave you. He is waiting, He loves YOU so much. Even now He sits at the right hand of the Father interceding on your behalf.
“Lord, thank You for your sacrifice. Thank You for dying on the cross for forgiveness of my sins. Please forgive me. Please come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I need You. Please enter into my heart, I give You my life this day and I ask that You would reveal Yourself to me in a mighty way. I thank You for it. In Jesus’ precious name I pray. AMEN.”
Listen – if you prayed that prayer, ol’ slewfoot is MIGHTY angry, you now belong to God and NOTHING can remove you from the Father’s hand. Now seek Him in ALL you do. Start reading your Bible. Take it off of that shelf in your house, where it has been gathering dust and READ IT. Watch Holy Spirit bring it to life right before your eyes because the Words are FULL of life and you will be astonished in all that Holy Spirit reveals to you! If you don’t have a Bible, please message me and I will find a way to send you one. I can be reached at this link:
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God loves you so much. He has a plan for your life. The Bible says in Luke 15:10:
“Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Listen, there is no reason to be afraid if you have made Jesus Lord of your life, accepted into your heart as Savior. YOU BELONG TO HIM. We have an enemy, but we have a Savior who is greater. You need to grow in Him. I say this as someone who made Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior 34 years ago and Oh the love and joy that fills my heart on knowing Him who died for forgiveness of my sins. Who gave His very life for me. I know without a doubt who I belong to and the peace that passes ALL understanding that comes along with having a relationship in Him. No matter WHAT life throws my way, I know the one that goes with me wherever I go. I can’t write words to adequately describe what that is – so my prayer for you beloved reader is that you will enter into a relationship with Him, by praying the prayer I wrote above and find out FOR YOURSELF how very MUCH God loves you. Our lives here on earth are but vapors, I cannot believe the older I get the more quickly the days go by – but I know that at the end of my earthly life, I will spend ALL eternity with the One who died so I could live! The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:9:
“However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Don’t let the distractions distract you from all God has called you to be. All that God has called you to do. Draw nearer to Him and He WILL reveal Himself to you. He has a plan for your life, you only need to discover it. I pray you will.
(*and yes, I purposely did not capitalize ol’ slewfoot’s reference in this post)
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