I got ripped off!
I have known and believed this scripture for a while now and have seen it play out in many situations too:
"10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness."
"10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness."
Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 (Jn 10:9). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House.
I also believe that God has, by His Spirit, given me a degree of spiritual discernment. I desire more every day but I know that will come. Recently I let the enemy sneak in on the race I'm running in this regard and rip me off.
You know how sometimes you're just straight-up stolen from and you couldn't do anything to really prevent it? And other times you really could have taken some precautions to keep thieves away - like an alarm system for your home or 'club' for you car? Well I need to upgrade my alarm system; sense more quickly when the enemy is up to no good.
A situation recently gave me opportunity to work at using discernment and I thought I was bang on.
The enemy put lies in my head like "you're off base..." and "did you really hear that from the Lord?" and "you're just letting your own feelings get in the way." I started to believe that dirty liar. MAN! That ticks me off.
Praise the Lord for the body of Christ who builds each other up. This happened today as I was confirmed in what I knew to be true.
Lesson 1 - figure out how to get the upgrade on my enemy detection system (any suggestions?)
Lesson 2 - kick the enemy while he's down and maybe he won't trap me like this again (maybe this is the answer to my own question)
I also believe that God has, by His Spirit, given me a degree of spiritual discernment. I desire more every day but I know that will come. Recently I let the enemy sneak in on the race I'm running in this regard and rip me off.
You know how sometimes you're just straight-up stolen from and you couldn't do anything to really prevent it? And other times you really could have taken some precautions to keep thieves away - like an alarm system for your home or 'club' for you car? Well I need to upgrade my alarm system; sense more quickly when the enemy is up to no good.
A situation recently gave me opportunity to work at using discernment and I thought I was bang on.
The enemy put lies in my head like "you're off base..." and "did you really hear that from the Lord?" and "you're just letting your own feelings get in the way." I started to believe that dirty liar. MAN! That ticks me off.
Praise the Lord for the body of Christ who builds each other up. This happened today as I was confirmed in what I knew to be true.
Lesson 1 - figure out how to get the upgrade on my enemy detection system (any suggestions?)
Lesson 2 - kick the enemy while he's down and maybe he won't trap me like this again (maybe this is the answer to my own question)
1 Comments:
keep praying for more discernment and wisdom, Carla. That's my suggestion. I agree with you, praise the Lord for confirmation in the body, and praise the Lord that you were spot on.
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