As we navigate through life, one thing we can learn is that there is discouragement is everywhere. It often seems that the harder we run after God, the more the devil pops up to prevent us from getting where we’re going. Honestly, all we ever need to trip us up is to have one little hint of discouragement in our ears.You’re unworthy.
You can't do that.
You’re a terrible parent.
You call yourself a Christian?
You’ll never be any better than this.
He has said it to me and I'm sure he’s said it to you. The thing is, he doesn’t necessarily speak in complete lies. He gives us half-truths with just enough reality to hit us between the eyes and make us start considering what he is saying. You do know there is an easy to overcome and overrule him. Just finish the his little sermons.....
It’s simple. The devil is only giving you half of the truth—give him the other half.
Yes, I am unworthy. I am absolutely nothing without Christ. But thankfully, He died so that I could become a new creation, void of you petty ways and full of the power and victory that come from HIM.
No, I may not be a perfect parent, but I am loved unconditionally by a perfect father who breathed the stars into being and still knows how many hairs are on my head. And He’s making me more like Him every day.
You’re right. on my own accord, I can’t do any better than this. But I am not by myself—I serve the LORD, who is able to do immeasurably more than I could think, ask, or imagine. (And I can imagine quite a bit!)
You don’t have to be Charles Spurgeon to preach the devil out of your life. The name of Jesus is enough to send your the little weasel running for the hills.
The devil will always try to remind you of the downside of your story.
Stick it to him....Remind him who Jesus says you are!
