I was driving the other day when a few random thoughts crossed my mind. I recently read a book that referred to different sins as “the weapons of the enemy”. In my mind I began to associate certain weapons with certain sins, each picked at random. Pistol-manipulation, knife-lies, sword-deceit. I dont know much about weapons, so I could obviously name more sins than I could weapons. The thoughts frightened me…. The following scenarios are made up. The same tool that an unruly teenager might use to get out of doing something they dont want to do (manipulation) is the same tool that a human trafficker uses to get his victims to believe that they prostitutes by choice. Another scenario, maybe a little more understandable. An average American man wakes up out bed and flips on the news while pouring a bowl of cheerios. As a doctor he knows the importance of a heart healthy breakfast. Over his crunching he hears a sad tale of a young girl who was murdered in her own home. The doctor turns off the tv in disgust wondering how someone could murder an innocent teenager, then heads out the door to work where he will perform several abortions. (I am in NO way dissing all doctors by the way). This is what scares me. We do not fully understand what we do or the spirits that we are working in. What we are allowing into our spirits when we use the “weapons of the enemy” in even the tiniest way. A small white lie, gossip, manipulation, anger towards a neighbor. It all seems so minuscule. What a deadly lie. This realization has frightened me. Thank you Jesus for your grace and your understanding. Thank you for pleading with the Father telling Him that we do not know what we do. Im not sure if anyone actually followed what I was saying. I sometimes have a really hard time expressing my thoughts. This was one of those times!
