I have previously written much about how Satan and the powers of darkness are trying to lead you in your thinking. Everywhere we go, everything we see, and everything we listen to, Satan is right there trying to influence your thinking and your every thought. As we draw closer to the end this will increase exponentially. It will increase to the point of mass confusion where everyone is choosing their own path and expressing their own opinions. So, we must ask ourselves, are the thoughts coming from God or the powers of darkness? Remember, Satan has always been an expert at quoting scripture often out of context and totally unrelated to what God really wants to say to us. It may sound good and even cause us to rejoice believing that we just got a word from the Lord. It may even make perfect sense about our present situation or circumstance. So, you might ask, why is Satan doing this? What is the point? Well, the point is Satan does not care what you think about, nor does he really care what you do, but he does care if you listen to God and follow His express will for your life. Satan knows the moment you start listening ONLY to God’s voice and His direction for your life, then he will lose the war for your soul. He will be defeated.
So, how do we let God lead us in our thinking? Simply put, we need to stay focused on the path ahead. You will quickly discover that everything in the world is designed to get you off the path and focused on the ways of the world. The Bible says, “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—“ (Ephesians 2:1-2, ESV). As we approach the end, most in the world, including many who claim to be Christians, are still spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins. They are still following the prince of the power of the air who has dominion over the entire world. This spirit is still at work in the sons of disobedience. Let that sink in! The whole world is being directed by the evil powers of the air by casting thoughts into their minds from the many different sources in the world. These sources have increased exponentially from social media, TV programs, YouTube videos, news media, and the internet. This is a never-ending voice that has only one task given to them by the powers of darkness. This one task is to keep you from hearing the voice of God through the indwelling Spirit. Again, Satan does not care what you listen to, he just does not want you to listen exclusively to the voice of God through the Spirit.
I will even take it a step further, Satan doesn’t even care if you read the Bible and read select scripture from the Bible, which is popular in social media postings and reels. Satan just does not want you to listen exclusively to the voice of God through the indwelling Spirit. I will never negate the importance of the Holy Bible. Let God lead you to one of the powerful letters, or amazing books in the Bible, asking God to open your spiritual eyes to understand the truth, then continue reading until you get to a place where you experience a warming in your heart; to a place where God desires to add this truth to your heart. Read the passage of Scripture over and over again allowing it to sink deeper and deeper into your heart. Ask God to speak to you through the Spirit concerning its meaning for the original recipients and what issues was God addressing at the time, then ask God what it means for me now, and how can I apply this truth to my life. Keep in mind God is only speaking to you, which may or may not apply for a larger audience. Keep in mind your walk with God is very personal because we are all at different levels of our Spiritual growth. What could apply to you may not apply to others, at least at this point. Just remember Satan’s job is to sow confusion among God’s children leading them in one direction and then another. As we shall see it is essential that we stay focused on our path ahead, the path that He has put us on.
You will soon discover if you are listening to the voice of God through the Spirit, then every path glorifies God alone in the fallen world, which is run by the powers of darkness. Every thought and every action will essentially glorify God. This will help you immensely in discerning if you are listening to the voice of God or listening to another. Often, if we are honest, those other voices come from the old sin nature, which is supposed to die with Christ, so that it can be raised with Christ to a new bountiful life. Or those other voices come directly from the world, which we have already discussed briefly. This is a new phenomenon that would have shocked the previous generations of humanity, who had no access to modern technology that produced the television, YouTube videos, social media, news media, and the internet. This massive information coming at the speed of light to every corner of the planet is allowing Satan to implant these thoughts in humanity leading them to put their thoughts into action, thus following the ways of the world. Well, we can’t leave the world, but we can be in the world and not of the world (John 17:15-16).
Imagine with me for a moment living in the world a hundred years ago without all of this massive information coming at us. What would we do, how would we behave? Well, for the most part, our thoughts would be our own. They would either come from ourselves, from face-to-face relationships, from reading (if you were able), or from God. Now, Satan is ruling the world through the technology of massive information coming at you at the speed of light. We may not be able to leave the world, but we can enter into our proverbial closets by turning off all of the noise from the world. This is exactly how Jesus Christ says we should pray. We talked previously about embracing silence and solitude. This is what we do when we enter our proverbial closet and shut the door to the world and its massive amount of information coming at us. Stop listening to the world and learn how to tune your ears to only hearing the voice of God, that still small voice. Through discernment, we will cast out every vile thought, every thought that contradicts the clear teachings of the Bible, and every thought that resurrect feelings of past hurts that may have led to periods of unforgiveness. We learn to focus only on the truth as we embrace God’s presence in our proverbial closet.
The closer we draw to God in the Spirit an amazing thing begins to take shape in our lives. We are no longer interested in every little event thrown at us by the powers of darkness. We feel repelled by all the divisions in the world created by the powers of darkness causing one side to strike against the other. We feel repelled by all the conspiracy theories engineered by the powers of darkness to divide humanity so that they can be destroyed. We feel repelled by all the drama and run back to our proverbial closet to seek the presence of God through the Spirit. In time we learn how to confront the fallen world while staying separate from the world and all of its drama. We learn that this becomes possible through the power of love. We learn how to love and serve others without expecting anything in return. We learn how to give ourselves to others as Christ gave himself to the world. The Bible says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:16-17). Yes, we come out of our proverbial closet in the power of the Spirit and His amazing love to impact the world for Christ. This is only possible when we stop listening to the world and start listening to God alone.
The Gospel Presentation
We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.
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