In The Midst Of Dissension

Here I am again, feeling crushed. It’s almost like I can’t breathe sometimes. He just sucks the life out of me until there’s nothing left. I feel so alone, but I know I’m not. 

"God acknowledges me and my pain." 

   Do you ever feel like this?

As I scan across the internet or glance at a phrase I see somewhere, I hear God’s comforting words. He reminds me, that it’s through the pain that His greatest works are achieved. He loves me unconditionally. 

Suddenly, once again, I see him clearly.  It's the enemy. He wants to destroy everything that’s good. Families are at the top of the list. 

I struggle with remaining calm, during the enemy’s flaming attacks. My natural instinct is to react. Before I know it, I’m in the midst of the hell I allowed him to create. Then I recognize it, for what it is …

Satan's dissension...

It’s everywhere, our streets, our government and in our families. 

As a Christian, I can walk away from a fight, re-adjust myself and turn my spiritual view on the situation, even though it’s painful. 

But what about those people who don’t have a spiritual view? 

We interact with them daily. It’s difficult to tolerate them while waiting for God to refine them. 

Even more difficult, is knowing he uses them to refine me.

These are the times we must be aware of dissension and recognize it when we're in the midst of it. Not only the politicians are constantly fighting, but it's also all of us, and the enemy’s behind it. 

      Prayer is the strongest weapon we have.

There’s never been a time I can think of, the world needed prayer more than now. Sometimes I don’t even have words to pray. All I can do is fall on my knees and cry. 

God knows our hearts and our situations. He wants us to keep praying and never lose hope.

He will not fail us!

When dissension rises up and affects our relationships, we need to stop and examine where it’s really coming from. 

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” Ephesians 6:11

God created us to love each other, raise each other up and it pains Him to see us suffer because of our choices. He’s given us the freedom to choose our words, our thought's, and our actions. 

Just as a parent loves their child, He loves us and will continue to refine us. He will bring us to our knees by allowing difficulties in our lives because he loves us. 

He wants us to grow closer to Him, seek His guidance, and rely on Him rather than ourselves. 
If we seek His help only during difficulties, then we are self- reliant the rest of the time. That's the place in which the enemy loves.
Satan waits, quietly lurking, ready to pounce the moment we allow self-reliance to run the show. 

Man can not serve God and Satan at the same time. Who will we be most mindful of?

Feeding into dissension will bring us to our knees eventually, but know this:

1. God is in the mix, even if we don't see Him 

2. He will use destructive events to work "all things together for His good."

3. Our losses will be temporary.

Let’s put on the “Armor of the God” Ephesians 6:14 

and keep our eyes focused on 
“Him who strengthens us” Philippians 4:13

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