You have an enemy, and it’s not who you think it is. Many times, we see other people as the enemy. We see them as the person who annoys us or the person who is stealing our joy. We see them as the cause of our conflict and struggle. And while it is true that other people may be annoying you and causing major league “trouble” for you, we have to understand that there is a another enemy who is working behind the scenes to come against you.

As a part of living in a broken and imperfect world, there is a an enemy who is waging a spiritual battle for your soul, your purpose, and your impact. This enemy wants to steal your joy, kill your purpose, and destroy your impact. Yet, we have a Savior and a Good Shepherd who came to protect us, provide for us, and position us to live out our purpose all for the glory of God.

This is another episode in our series entitled: “The Path To Peace.” In today’s Monday Morning Moments podcast, I share what Jesus said in John 10:10 about this enemy, what the enemy is trying to do, and how we can find peace in Jesus.

 

 

Show Notes:

• John 10:10 – “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (ESV)

• Steal Your Joy

  • Use or create moments that discourage and defeat you and keep you from having joy in the moment.

  • Focus our attention on everything that is going wrong or could go wrong distracting us from the joy we can have in our lives.

• Kill Your Purpose

  • Lie to you and tell you that you don’t have a purpose.

  • Point to your mistakes and say that given your past, you could never have a purpose or platform to make a difference

• Destroy Your Impact

  • Leverage regret and shame over past moments

  • Create roadblocks and cause us to focus on the apparent lack of momentum in our lives toward a goal to try and keeping us from continuing to move forward through these moments.

  • Work in and through other people to try and limit our effectiveness.Leverage regret and shame over past moments

• We have to realize that there is a spiritual warfare going on all around us. In fact, Paul tells us this in Ephesians 6:12, which says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (NIV)

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