Wearing out the saints

  Many in Christ are actively involved in deep personal battles. Some are self inflicted and require holiness and repentance, and some are the arrows of the enemy, aimed at the weakness in the armor we have not fully equipped ourselves with. Then there are those the devil flees from, for they are rooted in Christ alone. The battle is real and is spiritual in nature, and the physical manifestations are very real and impact our walk tremendously. Make no mistake; there is a wearing out of the saints taking place, and our best defence is to rest in the One who has already defined the outcome. Our options are simple. We either draw ourselves closer to Jesus and abide in Him, or allow ourselves to drift along with this world unaware.

  I see so much deception and distraction that it is overwhelming. Many have involved themselves in politics when we already have a King and Kingdom. Many drown themselves in the self-proclaimed prophetic ramblings of those drawing men unto themselves. Many are hanging onto their religion for safety and protection. All the while, a witness is not being given in His name, as people seek the tree of knowledge and not the Tree of Life. I have been on all of these paths. They lead to nowhere. They are everything but, The Truth.

  Our personal relationship with The Father through His Son is our only offense and defense. Sin is absolutely the great inhibitor of our progress. Sin is our enemy. Sin is death.  This warring in the flesh is mental and physical. Doubt and fear consume, pleasure and riches deride, and only faith delivers.

  In my own mind I see only one way out: Draw yourself closer to Christ our redeemer. I do not write this as someone that has overcome everything, but someone actively overcoming. I'm here to tell you it's for me been a moment by moment volly of victories and defeats. But limping on two opinions and riding any fence is so self defeating. It wears one out, because sin is absolutely exhausting. We must allow spiritual conviction to change us. Our struggles and pains along this road are both God's love and discipline. There comes a point where we either succumb to the enemy, or allow God to overtake us. One is life-one is death.

  This old world has nothing new to offer, when God offers newness. This world offers slavery, our God offers freedom. This world encourages pride, our King demands humility. One road is difficult and one road is easy. Do not allow distraction and deceit to take our eyes off of our deliverer. He is good and faithful and true, and this world is everything our Lord is not. Good. Faithful. True.