Adam

I read the most amazing book talk today. It really just touched my heart. I've never highlighted a book for fun before, but today I did! I made my mark like it made its mark on me! Ted Dekker and his friend-author-man were talking about demons and how they affect our lives. They are very real things and seek to destroy us. Since Satan does not have the power to defeat God, he goes after His beloved to hurt Him deeply. Satan attacks us and sics his demons after us to hurt God right where it hurts. God loves us so much and is continually wooing us with this awesome, pure love. With all that spiritual warfare going on, no wonder why we have problems. Everything is part of a larger picture and I think we forget that sometimes. God has His heart set on people to do His will; it just makes sense that satan would attack those people in particular. Nothing hurts more than a broken heart. Another point they brought up was how everyone focuses on the spiritual warfare part when that is not the main point to anything. We are on this Earth for God, our Lover. We are in a love story guys, not a war. Are main focus is pleasing God and doing what brings Him joy and He wants to see us happy. He continually gives us gifts and wraps us in strong arms, always declaring His love. The warfare part is just a side effect of life. It happens because of this love. Yes, we are in a war. Yes, it is dangerous and we need to be on our guard always. But we are IN LOVE. Like in any movie, the whole story is focused on the love story portion and how they would move Earth just to be with each other. Thats what life is about. Our Lover and His beloved. Love. Love conquers all. We can use any weapon at our disposal but what matter most is the love we pour out in life. Everything is already conquered. Its been that way since the beginning. God conquered evil and mankind. Our task is to simply let people know that, to tell them that its been won. They've been won and there is a Lover like none ever awaiting them with arms spread wide. God is passionate and its about time we met Him with that same passion!
With everything that happens we need to look at the fruit of it. Fruit isn't always the healthy, tasteful food. There is bad fruit. When we come across this, it is demons in our lives. If we look at the fruit of each situation, each thought, we quickly discover whose hands are in it. If the fruit is of love, patience, joy, and such then of course it is of God. If its destruction, jealousy, hate, fear, oppression, or anything of that such then it is of the demons trying to take His beloved away from Him. Bad fruits are not of God nor just from a bad day. I mean we all have our bad days, but if there is some thought that is constantly on your mind or is bothering you deeply, then you just might have a demon's claw stuck in your back. They love whispering their destructive thoughts into your own. They want to trick us into a state of ignorance, passivity, or fear. God is our light and the only force that can expel this darkness from us. To fight back, to get out,we need to CRY out to the Light! That light will come forth and lead us from the darkness. As long as we are walking in the Light it cannot touch us!
Personally, i'm sick of the bad fruits in my life. Looking at certain emotions and thoughts I realize that they are bad fruit and know that it is not my fruit that is bothering me...its belongs to something much more sinister and destructive. We're not meant for destruction but restoration. I want to rest in my Lover's arms. I want to bask in His whispers of love. I want my Lover. And He wants His beloved. Sounds like a perfect match to me.