As Christians, we recognize two powerful and opposing personalities in the world - God and Satan. Sometimes, it seems that we give each of them equal time. What if we changed the way we think and recognized only one personality as powerful - God!
Instead of saying "The Devil made me do it," we would say something like "I wasn't paying attention to God, and I did it."
My thought isn't well developed, but it's a concept that's been on the fringes of my mind for many years. I always have a reaction (of some kind) when a fellow Christian says something like "Satan is tempting me" or "I am struggling with Satan." When we do that, our focus is on the thing that pulls us away from God. Why not see only God and say "God, I'm struggling. Let me hide (seek safety) in you." It seems that this would downgrade Satan, the fallen angel, and rob him of status, and, at the same time, give full due to the Lord God (where we really want to be).
Not well described, I'm afraid. Other thoughts that come to mind: Walking securely in the world, knowing that God's protection surrounds us; absence of fear or debilitating guilt; servanthood without apology for being a servant; centered (in God).
Pondering ...
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