Something really hit me today. It was a revelation about Satan. Some of what I’m going to say may seem really obvious, and it kind of is obvious. But it didn’t REALLY hit me until today. In BSF (Bible Study Fellowship), one of the women in my class was answering a question; and she said that we give Satan too much credit. A lot of times we think anything bad that happens to us is Satan; but that may not always be the case. But anyway, later on I was talking with Heather about it. And I asked her if Satan could read our thoughts. I never really thought about it before. I just always assumed any negative thought or doubt in my mind was the enemy trying to fill my head with negativity to mess me up. But you know, Satan doesn’t have that kind of power. He can’t speak in our thoughts and he can’t read them. Saying he could do that would make him omnipotent like God, and he isn’t. He isn’t that powerful. So, if Satan isn’t filling our head with doubts, who is? We are. He can use outward circumstances to affect us and try to sway us one way or the other, but he has no control over what we choose to let into our minds. We always like to blame Satan for everything bad in our lives; but sometimes it’s just our own faults. I know for me personally, I always fill my own head with doubts; especially when it comes to certain relationships in my life. It’s just easier to doubt rather than hope and then get let down. And I always tried to blame that on satan… saying he was filling my head with all these lies, and God please come speak truth! But the whole time that was me. More times than we realize, all of the bad stuff is the result of us not obeying or trusting God. And Satan must just watch us and laugh, cause we are making his job easy for him. How sad is that!
God has really been impressing it on my heart lately to be positive in everything I do. Not that everything is always going to work out perfect and the way I want it to; but it will all be okay because I’m following God. So many times we choose to let worry and doubt in; and it consumes us. It’s so much easier to just be positive and trust that God knows what He is doing. And trust Him to guide us; have faith in Him. Because worry and doubt do not come from God. The Bible tell us in Philippians 4 to not worry about anything, but instead pray for everything, with thanksgiving. And then God’s peace will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. If we are Christ-followers, we have no reason to doubt or worry. The word “impossible” should not even be in our vocabulary. Even if things don’t work out, or if we fail sometimes; it shouldn’t matter because that is part of God’s plan for our lives. That only means there is something else even better to come. Or He is trying to teach us something. It doesn’t matter why, all that matters is that we need to hand things over to God, and trust Him; wait for Him to guide us. But know that with faith comes action as well. Anyway, that’s my thought for the day!
