FOCUS ON THE TRUTH
As a young boy growing up in my neighborhood I was always faced with a daily threat from bullies, I could remember my encounter with one notorious boy, who had a reputation of beating up guys that were even bigger than him, before you have a fight with him, he would have sent his goons ahead to come and threaten you on how badly he would beat you.
When I received my threat, I had no choice than to face him in a fight, I found out he was not as strong as he threatened, so I defeated him and ever since, I became his boss.
This is the same with our adversary the Devil, he has no strength but strategies, all he peddles is lies (John 8: 44), one of my preacher friend said the Devil does not have any power except the one you gave to him, by not taking every thought captive and allowing ourselves to be trapped in his web of deception.
A lot of people today feel they are possessed or under one form of demonic bondage or the other, they are afraid to open up because someone might say they are mentally deranged.
Satan first attack is a LIE, your first defense must be the TRUTH, an encounter with the devil is not a power encounter, but a truth encounter, while he tried to deceive Jesus, the son of God did not bind him or cast him out, He only told him the TRUTH. (Matthew 4: 1-11)
All you need is to FOCUS ON THE TRUTH, by renewing your mind daily, filling it with the word of God (Romans 12:2), don’t loose touch with reality, engage yourself in positive productive thinking (Philippians 4:8), Gauge every thought with the word of God (2 Corinthians 10:5), and turning to God in prayer. Be anxious for nothing…(Philippians 4: 6-7)
My neighborhood bully still sees me, but now he is no longer a threat to me, so he was then, so he is now…Glory to God.
