Tear Down the Mini-Malls!
2 Corinthians 11:3
“But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning,
your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”
You are holding back. You have bills that are piling up on the desk, you’ve found out that you will be on medication for that thing for the rest of your life; you are starting to lose your youngest daughter to the wrong type of crowd at her school. It is all so overwhelming.
You pray, you ask people to pray for you, you attend church, but things just don’t seem to be getting any better. Do you know that the enemy isn’t after your finances; he isn’t after your health or your family; he is after your devotion?
If the enemy can divert your attention away from our real purpose here on earth; the purpose to pursue Jesus Christ with more than your heart can give, with more than your mind can comprehend, with more than your soul has to burn, than he has stolen your devotion.
Without complete devotion to the Christ and the things He has planned for your life, you will not be able to hear His whispers because your ears are plugged with lies.
Without complete devotion to our Savior and what He has taught us in His Word about loving others, you will not see who you could minister to because your eyes will be blinded by jealousy of what others have and you wished you did.
Without complete devotion to Jesus you will hold back on your worship and praise to Him, you will hold back on praying in your prayers to Him and you will not understand the love He is capable of giving to you and you are capable of receiving from Him because you have allowed the enemy to distract you with diversions from total devotion to the One who can complete us.
Abandon yourself to Him and all that He stands for. Raise your hands when you praise Him. Show Him that you want to reach out to meet Him. Dance in your worship to Him. Feel the freedom of Life in the movements as you step towards Him. Don’t be afraid to cry tears of longing for Him during your private conversations with Him. Put your shoulder to those walls that the enemy throws up as fast as a mini-mall and break down those barriers that take away your uninhibited devotion to Him. Be extravagant for Him. Deny yourself. You WILL feel the freedom. He promises that.
Song of Solomon 1:4
“Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!”