Don't Let the Enemy Define You

Don’t let the Enemy define you

In the war of words, it is always bad if your enemy is allowed to define your position. In the issue of Abortion, You have the “Pro Life” and the “Anti Choice” or the “Pro Choice” and “Baby Killer” labels that are used depending on who is defining who. This is a good example of why we do not want our enemy defining who we are.

I read the other day that GE is coming out with a highly advanced Ultra Sound machine that will allow mothers to get a virtual picture of what the baby looks like. The article said that it would probably be a blow to the pro-abortion people, because mothers would be able to see just how human that “fetal tissue” really is.

So often in living for God the great struggle is we have people that allow their enemy to define who they are.

I was reading in a magazine an article that was describing what a certain group believed, being affiliated with that group, I knew that it was not what this group really believed. The point is this, it is never beneficial if you let someone who is not on your team writing your press release.

So often people are tripped up over the simple reason they begin to believe the definitions that define them, placed there by someone who did not have their best interest at heart.

In our walk with God there are two key influences, Good and Evil, Jesus and all of his helpers, and Satan and all his help. Jesus is known as and called our advocate; the Devil is called the Accuser.

God always sees us in the best light possible, the devil is always seeing us in the worst light possible. Look at the Story of Job. God saw Job as Perfect, Satan saw him as pampered. If we do not take the time to take our issues and problems to God, we will end up being unduly influenced by information that is not always beneficial to us.

If you study the life of Abraham in Genesis, you see the “FACTS”. Abraham lied, struggled, took shortcuts and just made plain dumb decisions. However if you read what God said of Abraham in Hebrews, he said, “He struggled not.” God chooses to see us in our victory, and overlooks the struggle it took us to get there. It’s almost like God does not see the Valley, because he only sees the mountaintops.

America lost a number of battles in WWII. However, we won the War. We regret the loss, but we rejoice in the Victory. Please realize anew and afresh, that the war is not over, and if you will just keep fighting, the War will be won and all of your less than glorious moments will be but a faint memory in the light of the glorious victory that you will enjoy.

Don’t believe the Press of Satan. Listen to What God says about you in his word.

You are his,

Beloved,
Begotten,
Betrothed,
Beautiful,
Bride.

Holy,
Hallowed,
Holy Ghost Filled
Halleluiah Shouting,
Hell shaking,
House of God.

Saved,
Sanctified,
Set Apart,
Sold out,
Son of God

Don’t let the Devil Define you, The only way the Devil can tell the truth is if we choose to believe his lie.

Refined and Defined,

In Him, By Him, Through Him!

Scott Phillips

www.newbirth.us

originally written

June 2002