Whose Your Daddy?

How could a precious child of God go down in defeat?  If we completely trust the Heavenly Father and deny our own personal will, then defeat is not an option. We cannot live a moment in defeat when Jesus the son of God intercedes for us. If we feel attacked or defeated, we could be listening or letting the wrong Daddy, the Father of Lies as Jesus called him, influence our lives. The great news is that we all have a much nicer, kinder adopted Daddy waiting on us.

The enemy has a big picture goal. His ultimate plan is to take you off God’s divine plan for your life. He does not want your will to be united with God’s will. He will bring havoc into your life, into your marriage, into your work, into your health, so that you will be derailed off your true calling. He will stop at nothing to paralyze your influence on building God’s kingdom.

When you are in a state of depression, anger, grief or any unhealthy emotion, he rejoices.  Everyday is one less day in your life that you are focused on God’s big plan: bringing more of your friends, family and strangers into the eternal kingdom of love and peace. The enemy wants to take you down. He hates children who have the potential to be major influencers to the kingdom. So you must be all in and fully submitted… be truly born again  in all areas to fight the attacks.

So who is this bad daddy that we all too often listen too called the” Father of Lies.”

He whispers all kinds of lies constantly pumping you full of nonsense. He is a Daddy that causes us to feel defeated, depressed, hopeless, sick and angry. He makes mountains out of mole hills. He stirs the pot. He puts fuel on your flames of anger. He puts salt in old wounds.   He causes us to deny things. He twists the truth and creates illusions and plants irrational fears.  He wants us to be paranoid. He wants us to lie, evade truth, hide truth and scheme. He tells us that we aren’t good enough, that the Father doesn’t love us. He tells you that you are too rotten, that the Father won’t forgive you, doesn’t want you…you are too dirty.

He does not want you to be humble where you would repent in complete honesty. He wants you to worry about what others think more than what God thinks. He wants you to want more, to want new, to chase and accumulate material things, focusing on temporary gains instead of eternal rewards.  Unsatisfied is where he would like you to stay.

He wants you to make everything else more important than the Father and the Son. He wants you to make your children, your spouse, work,  a hobby  or a mistress more important than your relationship with your true Father. He wants the real Father to be on the “back burner.” In fact, he is excellent at keeping us so busy that we never sit still and listen or open a bible.  He will cause you to pull away from church, Christian friends and good influences. Misery loves company,and he will bring you plenty of people that will allow you to sit in that state.  He does not want you to take a day of rest, a true Sabbath where you praise, worship and relax. He wants you too tired to pray.

He feeds fear, paranoia, sadness, depression, exhaustion, panic, anxiety, anger, loneliness and more. He is the master at creating a sense of unworthiness in us or stirring up past pain and emotions. He does not want us to heal. He does not want us to use that past pain to help others heal and follow Yahusha. ( Jesus)

We must realize that our minds are truly a battle field. We must take control of our thoughts and make every single one of them HOLY.  Whatever we focus our energy on, we feed.  Take a moment and think about what emotions are you feeding.

Today, I heard an interesting analogy. When we focus on past pain, traumatic events anything negative;  it’s like watering a weed garden. Why would we water a bed of weeds when we could focus our thoughts on serving others, loving others and counting blessings?   Life is not perfect but when we lean on God’s strength, when we fully submit our mind, body and spirit to His Will, then we make it through the tougher times in one piece.

If we continue to listen or let the Father of lies influence us- we will continue to spiral, spin round and round…be on that rollercoaster of emotion with no peace.

Scriptures Today:

1 Peter 5 : 7-8

Cast Your Cares on Him
…7Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

2 Corinthians 10: 5

5We tear down arguments, and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Questions:

1. What have you been fixating on most lately? Counter them with positive thoughts.
2. What emotions have you been feeling? Counter them with positive emotions.
3. Have you been making choices pleasing to Jesus in all areas of your life? If not, repent & submit.
4. List some things you are grateful for.

Ideas to lift your spirits:

• Enjoy nature, admire God’s creatures, flowers, listen to running water, dip your toes in water…
• Exercise outside- breath deep– admire his creation.
•  Serve elderly, poor, sick- take the focus off you and your problems. Serve in your sorrow.
• Listen to praise music, fun music—dance. Enjoy life with clean fun.
• Watch  family friendly funny movies- find something to laugh about.
• Do something new to you- a new adventure. Try indoor rock climbing, take a cooking or painting class