Ok, so for the last few months of college, I've been keeping a WAC notebook that must contain 70 entries. Any of you that know me, know that this Apostolic chick usually has to incorporate something "spiritual" into it! Well I turned in the notebook at the end of the curriculum and my professor loved it! The next few entries will be a few from my notebook! =) enjoy!
The Battle We Fight
I sat down a while back and thought about how upset I got when things didn't or doesn't go my way.
How many times have we heard Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." ? My question is how often do we think about this when someone cuts us off in traffic, or starts a rumor about us? Our battle is not with these people as individuals, but the spirit behind these actions. I am just as much at fault as any one else and that is a pride issue.
There is nothing the enemy can do that God does not allow, but how we respond to those things, tells God everything He needs to know. Sometimes God sends things just to check our spirits.
Our prayer instead of "O Lord, let them have a flat tire, so they can get outta my way" or "Lord, control my hands before I knock em out" should be "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Sometimes it is we, ourselves that are in need of a change instead of the ones around us.
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