A few days ago, I fell asleep while writing at this Prayer Wall and dreamed that a woman who long had resisted temptation gave up and gave in … all the way. It didn’t happen overnight. The enemy had been chipping away at her faith for years.
She fought valiantly at first, believing God’s Word and trusting in Him to come through for her and set her free, if she could just hold on long enough and keep fighting.
But what she thought God would do didn’t happen.
So the lies came crashing in…. “I’ve been faithful all these years. I trusted Him. But what good has it done? I asked Him for help and He didn’t help me. Does He even care? What if everything I believed in isn’t true? What if the world’s way really is the way to at last have peace?” Tired of the battle and feeling alone in it, she gave in.
The result wasn’t and never will be peace.
Only One can set you free. He hasn’t left you, precious bride of Christ. He is here. I know it’s been a hard fight, but the intensity of the battle doesn’t make lies truth. Please don’t make the mistake of turning your back on God, hurt because you feel He’s not listening to you, angry because He didn’t do what you wanted.
Remember that you have a real enemy, and it’s not God.
Whatever you’re going through, Satan’s prime objective in attacking you is to draw you away from the Lord and His perfect purposes for your life. Don’t let him win.
Do the opposite of what the enemy wants: Draw near to God. James 4:7-8.
Beat on His chest, like Job did, if you need to. But turn to Him, not away. His chest is broad enough, His love deep enough. If you need to have a meltdown, in His arms is the best place to do it. But don’t go down a “road of no return.”
The good news is, even if you have already headed that way, He is still here, ready to rescue you and bring you back to Him. Doing what’s right may not be easy. But Jesus is and always will be your Savior, ready and willing to save you and set you free.
Lord, is there an area of my life where I’ve just given up on You? Where I know what Your Word says and I’ve tried to believe it, but in this situation, that truth just hasn’t been my experience? Where I’ve padded Scripture with worldly viewpoints, even twisting Your truth to match theirs? O Father, forgive me. Bring me back to You. Give me humility to surrender at last to You and let You set me free. I have hung onto my sin, “petting” it with my thoughts and wanting it so much in my mind and heart that my willpower has not been enough to resist it. I need Someone stronger. I need YOU. When did I forget that and think my way, twisted to sound like Your way, would somehow be better? Set me free from my prison, O God. As long as I love my jail cell and want the lies to be true, I will always be a prisoner to that sin. Hand me the keys to my freedom, please, Jesus. Only You can show me the way out. Click open the door. Break my chains. Set me free at last to be who You truly created me to be. Far too long, I have used the excuse, “That’s just the way God made me,” as if You somehow created me for that sin. What a stinking, dirty, MASSIVE lie from the enemy! Peel the blinders off my eyes so I can see sin for what it really is, so I can agree with You, Truth — not the world or Satan — and at last surrender completely to You in true fear of the Lord. I lay down my pet sin/temptation at Your feet, Jesus. Help me lay it down and long only for You.
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