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Encouragement for your daily walk with God
In my many travels to Israel, I have yet to feel insecure—not even one time! Having said that, however, I am reminded of certain dangers when touring in the north where the borders of Israel, Syria, and Lebanon meet. At times you see barbed wire fences and just beyond them, signs which read: DANGER - MINE FIELDS. DO NOT ENTER! During wars with its neighbors, the enemy planted mine fields, intending to destroy Israel’s armed forces.
Destruction is a tactic of the enemy. Christ followers have an enemy bent on their destruction. In one passage of Scripture, Jesus called him “the THIEF,” and he comes “to kill, to steal, and to destroy.”
He uses many tactics from his well-stocked arsenal, not the lease of which is to get people to think he has a better plan for their life than the Savior; that his way is more liberating, more fun, more fulfilling. Don’t be duped by his tactics. It’s like walking through a mine field except there are no warning signs posted!
Don’t walk in his mine field. Reject his truth claims. Choose, rather, the Savior’s truth claims — that we are loved, protected, and blessed with every spiritual blessings from the heavenly realm in Christ. [Ephesians 1:3]
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
Encouragement for your daily walk with God
In my many travels to Israel, I have yet to feel insecure—not even one time! Having said that, however, I am reminded of certain dangers when touring in the north where the borders of Israel, Syria, and Lebanon meet. At times you see barbed wire fences and just beyond them, signs which read: DANGER - MINE FIELDS. DO NOT ENTER! During wars with its neighbors, the enemy planted mine fields, intending to destroy Israel’s armed forces.
Destruction is a tactic of the enemy. Christ followers have an enemy bent on their destruction. In one passage of Scripture, Jesus called him “the THIEF,” and he comes “to kill, to steal, and to destroy.”
He uses many tactics from his well-stocked arsenal, not the lease of which is to get people to think he has a better plan for their life than the Savior; that his way is more liberating, more fun, more fulfilling. Don’t be duped by his tactics. It’s like walking through a mine field except there are no warning signs posted!
Don’t walk in his mine field. Reject his truth claims. Choose, rather, the Savior’s truth claims — that we are loved, protected, and blessed with every spiritual blessings from the heavenly realm in Christ. [Ephesians 1:3]
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
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