tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post116291893076404001..comments2023-09-24T17:39:04.893+05:00Comments on Tales from Middle Earth: Just a Thought....Striderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347436154893544535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-79355586022329827892006-11-13T20:57:00.000+05:002006-11-13T20:57:00.000+05:00Dear Anon, Sorry to be slow to answer your questio...Dear Anon, Sorry to be slow to answer your questions. First, the enemy is always fighting us. The thief seeks to kill, and steal, and destroy... he is not happy just to let us muddle along. I have heard the arguement that if we don't seem opposed then we must be doing something wrong but I don't think so. He opposes us in different ways at different times. Sometimes overtly sometimes not. Don't forget that our King is greater and sometimes He blesses us and gives us times of rest- that is not evil! I used to say that the enemy wishes he could take credit for all the nonsense we do but I don't say that anymore. Our hearts were made good by our King. Our true desires and our true yearnings are pure because of His work on the cross. But Paul in Romans 7 points out the battle that the flesh- that is not the 'real' me- is a weasel and always wants what is the opposite of what the King wants. It is condemnation that calls sin in our lives anything but what the evil one is doing. The evil one wants us to believe that we are weak and selfish and unable to do good. But we are more than conquerers through who? Through Him. We need to live like that and stop giving in the the enemy who is lying to us. Discernment, discernment, discernment. Oh, that we were wise enough to see the hand of the enemy in our relationships and our lives. This would radically change us.Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347436154893544535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-1163002382784168752006-11-08T21:13:00.000+05:002006-11-08T21:13:00.000+05:00Strider, another "thought" if I may...Don't ya thi...Strider, another "thought" if I may...Don't ya think if the enemy isn't fighting us very hard then it's time for us to wonder why? andddd...sometimes he is blamed for things he has nothing to do with??? Deep conversation for sure! One thing I won't pray for is Patience....but I need all the wisdom I can get!!! Fabulous post and it gives one "food for thought"!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-1162924653045025042006-11-07T23:37:00.000+05:002006-11-07T23:37:00.000+05:00For some strange reason we always seem to have to ...For some strange reason we always seem to have to have some enemy out there to blame for things not going well. We forget too easily that we struggle not with flesh and blood, but with principalities. I am trying to understand that the enemy are not my brothers in Christ, but Satan who is behind all the things that cause us to turn our heads looking for someone to blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com