Who does not have the attention of the enemy...?
Who does not deal with temptation...?
trials...?
problems...?
heartache...?
dis-ease...?
both small and great... alike...?
The enemy... is part of the unseen realm... and being part of such... he sees... what we can't... God's love... for His creation...
Evil longs to keep us blind to the Truth... to the evidence of grace... mercy... forgiveness... and faithfulness... so he attacks... diverts attention... whispering lies... If He loved you... this wouldn't be happening...
The lies... they blind... but all we really need to see... is the attack itself... the enemy's attention... is evidence of God's love... otherwise... he would leave us alone...
Every single person ever created... is... loved... by the One who is Love...
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ..."
John 3:16-17
He only came to save... to show His love... to pour out mercy and grace...
Trials... they come as discipline... from a Father who loves...
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
Endure hardship as discipline;
God is treating you as sons.
Hebrews 12:5-7
God is Sovereign... no trial allowed... the enemy unable to act... without permission...
Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:37-38
The enemy's only desire... is to kill... steal... destroy... those loved by the Father...
And those loved by the Father... will have trouble... but it is intended for good...
What if... we could see trials... attacks...
as evidence of God's great love for us...?
We would not doubt His love... for troubles... large and small... abound... and perhaps... we could come into agreement with James... and his command...
Consider it pure joy, my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many kinds...
James 1:2
Do not listen to the lies... from the one whose mind sets on the things of this world... it is our Father God whom we are to believe... and trust... fill your mind... with His truth...
Within your temple, O God,
we meditate on your unfailing love.
Psalm 48:9
Father God... let Your love shine through every trial... remind me... I am only a target... because of Your love...
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