Throughout my teenage years till now, I have always loved studying lions, tigers, leopards, and cheetahs. The excitement of a predator attacking its prey gets my adrenalin going, and the moment they catch the prey and they start eating, it makes me hungry every time. Out of all the big cats, lions are one of the few that hunt in packs, work together, and live together in a pride—a family. There are certain aspects of studying these animals which can be incorporated to our lives. “Isolation” is one of the most powerful weapons the enemy uses to pull us away from God. At this point in time, I would just like to say, “I LOVE ENLI!”
Today’s word of encouragement is about people, not only from our natural family, but people that God brings into our lives to build us up, to guide us, to fight together with, and spur each other on. God’s called us to build with people, so that we will never have to fight our battles alone. When lions work together as a team, the prey is fearful. When buffalos work together as a team lions are unable to penetrate. Ants are one of the most amazing creatures because they all work together as a team, to get the job done. Ants know that working alone they are useless, but together they are powerful.
There is power in team, God’s called us to build with one another, and I pray that we would be encouraged today, to be accountable, be open, learn to trust others, so that God can fully use us. Don’t hold back things in your life that you know God wants to expose. Being vulnerable, is exactly what God wants us to do. The enemy wants us to keep quiet, to isolate ourselves from others, and not to expose our deepest secrets so that we will never change. But most importantly, the devil doesn’t want us to change, because he knows if we do, we will become a soldier in the Lords army, we will be a blessing to others, we will be a light in the darkness, and we would expose the enemy.
As we head into the weekend, I pray that we would take time to bless those that we are close with, bless our families at home, some far away, and we would use God’s wisdom to guide us, so that we would learn the tricks of our enemy. The enemy uses these to destroy us 1) Isolation 2) Deceive 3) Distract 4) Offense 5) Condemn
1 Peter 5:8 "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings."
-- By: Shaun Lee
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