I have been thinking lately about loosing battles...and why I lost them and why I won sometimes. The sermon the other day in church was on points such as this. He spoke from the temptation of Jesus. His points included that sometimes the Holy spirit leads us to be tempted,-Jesus was led out to be tempted so we can also, sometimes they are tests of what we believe, For example I feel unworthy to preach because of some of the things I've done. Our enemy can temp me to feel unworthy and think that God doesn't love me or wont give me grace. God says that I am loved and that he will give me grace and use the mistakes Ive made to make me stronger. The test there is if I really believe that Gods grace is sufficient? Do I really believe that God still loves me no matter what I do or don't do? He also mentioned its not quoting scripture alone that helps us win battles (because our enemy also knows scripture)... but believing the promises of scripture...
Jesus' baptism could be compared to a 'Mt. top' experience with God and then the temptation could be compared to... well a temptation and/or a struggle. I know that its important to remember the promises of God so that I can stand and win the battles that will continue to come. The pastor also mentioned the armor of God and 'after we have done every thing else to stand' I remembered that I once made a habit of reading that passage every morning in preparation for the day and as I recall it was good for me... I told him afterwards that the sermon was exactly what I needed to hear. I needed to hear that God gave/gives me grace and I needed to believe that and not let our enemy tell me it wasn't true...
Thank you for reading and praying...
-luKe
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Luke you are one funny dude...we miss you in hepburn mb...
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