The Truth You Know

     I opened up my email with a message that I had been tagged in a photo, on Facebook of course. Being one who doesn’t consider myself very photogenic I always look with trepidation never knowing what someone else thought was “cute”. This time was different, as I looked at myself I was overwhelmed as I realized how differently I saw myself from the way I used to, I’m not talking so much about my outward appearance but more about the worth and value of the person I am inside, which made me very aware of how much the knowledge of God’s love for me has changed me. It isn’t the truth alone that makes you free, but the truth you know.  I also realized that while there are many areas where satan has lost the battle it doesn’t mean he quit fighting.  He just moves into some other area that hasn't yet been permeated with grace, where the law is still in operation in order to put us, all of us, under his accusations and condemnation.

     I was reminded that Jesus said, “nothing will be impossible to him who believes”. In that moment that particular truth spoke to me in a way it never had before. You see we must believe all  that  God has revealed in His word concerning us, how much He loves us, , how His thoughts towards us are for good and not for evil and who He has created us to be.  If the enemy can get us to doubt on any level the truth about Gods heart towards us he knows he has the upper hand. The only weapon that will defeat the enemy is The Truth, because the only weapon he really has to use against us is deception.