Advice For Living - 1Cor. 16:13-14

"Be on guard. Stand true to what you believe. Be courageous. Be strong. And everything you do must be done with love." 1Cor. 16:13-14

As a soldier for Christ, there could not be better words of advice -- I almost want to paint this passage on the walls of my kids' rooms. It IS a spiritual battle we are dealing with in this lifetime, and we have an enemy who wants us to believe otherwise. That there is no real battle, that there is just life to live day to day. It's the ultimate trap, and it's easy to let your guard down. Satan would like us to believe that it is the "stuff" of life that matters, as opposed to any call that Christ might have for us -- he would rather us be deaf to that voice. "Be on guard, stand true, be courageous, be strong..." Keep your focus on the eternal, not the temporal.

Jesus, thank you for sending the ultimate weapon for living successfully for you on this earth, your Holy Spirit. Please give me eyes to see and a Spirit to feel the traps he lays out for me every day. Give me the courage and the discipline to actually USE the weapons you have given me.

Today's reading: Judg. 9, 10; Ps. 49; 1Cor. 16