What does the enemy not want me to see?

Recently I have been thinking on this question,

What does the enemy not want me to see?

When fighting a war, you want to do your best to make sure your enemy doesn’t know your weaknesses.  It’s probably a given that your enemy knows your strengths, but even then they are looking for the wholes and cracks in the system that might allow them to take down the whole army. 

Lately I have been thinking about the gifts and wiring that God gave me which makes me come alive and gives me increased purpose each day.  As I begin to step into this, I can’t forget the enemy is at every open door and opportunity doing his best to sidetrack me, looking for those cracks in my infrastructure. 

At the same time I don’t want to give the enemy more time and attention he deserves because he’s not someone I need to fear, as know God is bigger and above anything he could ever try to do against me or anyone else.  Yet, it’s important to know our own weaknesses and where the enemy might try to take ground that’s rightfully ours. 

As I have thought specifically about what the enemy doesn’t want me to see, I think one of my weaknesses is to sink back into the luxury and ease of the American life.  The enemy wants me comfortable, content, and cozy and not ready for the assignments God has ready for me.  Probably some of my strengths are determination, hard work, and achievement, and obviously, any of these overextended will actually become a weakness but I would rather air on the side of pursuit than caution. 

All to say, I spent some time making a resolve list.  Resolve means to decide firmly on a course of action.  Also, Johnathan Edwards made a resolve list he read once a week, so I figure it might be a good idea! Click here to check out his list.  

I resolve to remind myself each day:

I am a force to be reckoned with.  I do not back down from challenge, discouragement, or disappointment.  I do not hesitate at the sound of my Father’s voice. 

I am not lazy spiritually, physically, or otherwise. 

I am a child of the living God, who has equipped me and will equip me for the battles I face and the opposition I encounter. 

I resolve to not sit back and settle into the comfy life the world promises me. 

I long to know God and know Him more with a daily passionate pursuit. 

When I need to recover from life’s challenges, I will rest in Him.

I resolve to push through the open doors of 2014.

When I don’t know what else to do I resolve to stand and wait for His single.

I resolve….because there’s ground to take and I want it to count.    

After I read through this, I thought geez Mikaela chill out, you aren’t in the Marines, but then I remembered the battle we fight in the spiritual carries more weight and power than any earthly structure and maybe it’s time I get even more serious and remind myself of the true reality.

 

So…what does the enemy not want you to see?