In The Battle

I'm going to share two things... One will be part of an audio book I'm reading right now by John Eldredge called... "Walking with God"... Check my Talkshoe widget on the right to hear an excerpt from this book. It has been stuck in my head all week... and I simply love this story.

The other has to do with the book... but something I had been dealing with that goes with the book.

Eldredge has one really good story about agreements we make ... with spirits... or even ourselves without even knowing it? For instance... Joshua 1:5 says, "No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you."... yet people feel abandoned by God sometimes. So who is saying that to them... I'll give you a for instance from my life. When my dad passed away 9 years ago, I know that death is a part of this world, but I didn't understand. This couldn't happen now. My dad won't see my children grow... and so I felt abandoned by God and confused and terribly upset. Now... that wasn't coming from God ... was it?.. of course not. And we know that contradicts His word. Could it be that some foul spirit was intervening to make me agree that God was distant and didn't care about me? I would say ... almost certainly. And I just don't know why I never thought about these things. And the Bible most certainly talks about the battles that we will engage. Just thought I'd share that.

In the battle,

DJ

"Every man dies, but not every man really lives"

Posted by DJ at 8:41 PM |