As I was traveling in to work today I felt like I was supposed to turn off the music and just listen in the silence for what God had to say to me. Literally within 1 minute of doing that I began to hear (and see) what God wanted to show me. Part of this I fully believe was for me, and part of it was for today's blog.
Like I said, within 1 minute of saying "ok God, speak to me, I will make this drive in silence so I can hear from you", He began to show me what it was He wanted me to see. It started by a semi truck having to make a quick change of lanes and ending up in front of me. When this happened the truck threw a lot of dirt and dirty water up off the road up onto my window. At first I was like "oh great" because if there is one thing I like when I'm driving, it's a clean windshield. And when I got in the car this morning the rain last night had really left me with a crystal clear view, which I was really enjoying. So why did a semi splattering my windshield allow me to hear (and see) what God was trying to show me?......Well, that's because I quickly remembered that I STILL had not refilled my windshield washer fluid and now this very mucked up windshield was going to be my view for the rest of my drive to work. And why was this my view now.....because I was not prepared. The very hard to see through windshield was not like this because of the semi, but it was like this because I didn't have something to clean it with. And this was my own fault. Had I been prepared, the nothing about this moment would have even been worth thinking about. I would have washed the windshield and gone on in to work with a clear view. But what God was showing me was how we do the same thing in life all the time. We are going through life looking ahead and getting very used to this "clear view" that we have. So much so that we take it for granted and let our guard down on staying prepared for the day that the vision is not so clear. Then the enemy comes along and throws something up in front of us to distract us, to throw us off, to catch us unprepared to deal with him and to cause us to lose focus. Now just because my windshield was extremely dirty and very hard to see through now didn't mean I all the sudden didn't know how to get to work, but it did mean that I was very distracted and frustrated for the rest of my drive. Which is exactly what the enemy wants to do to us. He might know that he can't stop us in our tracks, but if he can do anything to distract us and frustrate us, he will. And one of the reasons he may be able to do this is because we were not prepared (spiritually) for what it was he was going to throw up in front of us. Keeping our spirit strong in the Lord is extremely important. It is the very backbone to being able to stand up to the enemy and say "not today satan, not today!". When you can counter satan's attempts by either speaking out scripture to him, knowing how to immediately pray to God for wisdom in a situation or just standing firm on what you know and believe because you are keeping yourself close to God by allowing Him to speak to you through you devotions and prayer in your secret place, then nothing satan tries to throw up in your path will have an affect on you. Just like the dirt on my windshield would have been no big deal had I been able to use my cleaner to get my windshield right back to clean and clear again. Don't let the enemy catch you "unprepared". Take every day as an opportunity to draw closer to God and ask Him to help you, and teach you how to be prepared for satan's schemes. Don't rely on your own strength, because when you do you will quickly find out how in your humanness, you were not as prepared as you thought you were. And just like my drive in today, it is not "in the moment" that you want to find out that you were not ready to deal with what is right in front of you. You have the power, in Jesus, to defeat the enemy long before he even has a chance to attack.....by being prepared!
Matthew 13:25-30 is the parable about the enemy coming to sow weeds among the good seeds while the man was sleeping. Don't let the enemy catch you sleeping! Don't allow him to attempt to ruin something good in your life because you let your guard down and gave him a chance to find a way in while you were "sleeping" or unprepared.
God, Thank You that you provide ALL we need to keep the enemy in his place. Do not let us take that for granted and allow ourselves to become unprepared. Remind us daily how important it is to keep our spirit strong IN YOU. Also God, help us to see when others have let their guard down and come along side them to help pick them up. Help us speak words of love into their life so they will get back to where they need to be with you God...so they too can defeat the enemy's plans in their life. In Jesus name, Amen
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