The Assault

Have you ever found yourself filled with anxiety? Filled with worry? Or maybe even doubt or fear over something that is in the future, that when you think about it, you can’t control it anyway? Have you ever felt like the wounds of your past just won’t leave you alone? It feels like at times that your heart is under some sort of assault. That’s because it is!

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it. Why does he attack our hearts? The Bible tells us in Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart, for from it flow the wellsprings of life. Our enemy wants to take your life! He wants for you to live in fear of the unknown. To live a life filled with worry and doubt, to live in fear period. He’ll even try to steal the focus of our hearts. Sometimes we might focus too much on our future. Or maybe he’ll bring up an old wound and try to make us believe that we really didn’t receive our healing. He is good at what he does! However, we serve a God that is more powerful than he is!!! Here is what the Lord says:

“I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” Isa. 45:2-3

WE ARE AT WAR! Praise God that we have a High Priest, a Warrior, and a Good Shepherd in Jesus that does all he says he'll do.

In John 10:11-13, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd. He also describes us as sheep. I love this description because it describes and compares us to sheep. Sheep in all honesty, is a defenseless and dumb animal at times. Not to say we are all dumb. But I will be the first to say that I have been guilty. My point to this is that without the Shepherd, they could never find their way! In that chapter he says that he WILL go before us and prepare a way. As our Shepherd he is also is our warrior and defender. When the wolves attack it’s the Shepherd that defends the flock. Jesus is our warrior, he fights on our behalf.

All that we have to do is follow his voice and do as he directs us. In the same chapter it says in verse 14-16 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.”
Listen for his voice, he is calling to you. You are capable of hearing the voice of God! He is directing you through this unknown path called life. All you have to do is listen and obey his voice. He is FAITHFUL to take care of the rest! Just remember that you are valuable in the Kingdom of God. Otherwise, the enemy wouldn’t be wasting his time on you. YOU ARE A THREAT TO HIS END! 