I am in my chair. my writing corner. About to press fingers to keys when I see a spider suspended in mid-air. Immediately I jump. Spiders are not welcome in my home. Retrieving a tissue I come back to the area where the spider was. However, he is not there. Not in site.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart flips a little knowing the spider is lurking somewhere, but I can no longer see him. Thinking I realize I need a different angle, a new perspective. While I was getting the tissue he must have descended more. On my hands and knees, I look again and there he is. One quick move. He is done. Victory. Victory over the spider. Relief enters my mind. Freedom to continue my day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A silly story about a spider and my slight fear of them…What does that have to do with anything? Well, in that moment I felt the Lord speak into my heart. Speak to me about an area I was pondering just last week. The enemy and his lies. How do I combat them? How do I secure myself in truth? Through the spider story, God reminded me that sometimes in situations all I need is a\u00a0fresh perspective, a new angle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I am staring at the lie, of course, all I will see is the lie. Yet if I move, if I look for a new angle I might see God’s grace, mercy, or love. You see, looking down for the spider was not working. I was just filling with thoughts and fears. When I got down to the floor, humbled my stance I saw something very different. With clarity, I could attack the spider. Just like with the clarity of God’s truth, His light, and love we can move boldly toward the enemy and combat his lies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Truth will always have victory over Satan! Love will always win. Victory is for those who trust in the Lord!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ephesians 6:16\u00a0above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.<\/em> NKJV<\/p>\n James 4:7-8a\u00a0Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.<\/em> ESV<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Peter 5:8-10\u00a0Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.<\/span> Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers\u00a0all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>In his <\/em>kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 15:57\u00a0But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus\u00a0Christ.<\/em> NLT<\/p>\n Lamentations 3:25\u00a0The Lord<\/span> is good to those who depend on him,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>to those who search for him.<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am in my chair. my writing corner. About to press fingers to keys when I see a spider suspended in mid-air. Immediately I jump. Spiders are not welcome in my home. Retrieving a tissue I come back to the area where the spider was. However, he is not there. Not in site.\u00a0 My heart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[16,14,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_341113142.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NWg5-eP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}