May the mumbling commence!
We have seen the enemy.
And we are terrified. I am
talking about the enemy within each of us.
Look in the mirror and see your worst enemy. Read from Psalm Fifty-five:
Destroy them, Lord, and confuse their speech,
for I see violence
and strife in the city.
Its
walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,
but the real danger
is wickedness within the city.
Murder and robbery are everywhere there;
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. (Verses 9-11)
The greatest threat comes to us through avenues that we
would not expect. The enemy within! It was the way in the Psalmist’s day. And so it was true in the days of the Apostle
Paul. Read from Second Thessalonians
chapter two:
For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it
will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the
way. Then the man of lawlessness will be
revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume with the breath of his mouth and
destroy by the splendor of his coming. This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with
counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on
their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would
save them. So God will
send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies. Then they will
be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do. (Verses 7-12)
Sin is deceptive… devious… counterfeit. It looks good, but it’s foul. Sin bars the way of life.
May we be aware of the enemy within us – individually and
as the Body of Christ. There is no where
that is safe from the deceptive wiles of Satan.
Let’s be on our toes and test every spirit against the holy word of God.
Do NOT be deceived.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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