Okay Caleb, you’re fat. Yes, I am thank you for reminding me the need for a more healthy consideration of this life over which I am the steward. I will not answer you in the worldly fashion for to do so would require me to put back on the skin suit of the old man who really cared what the world thought of me. My identity is in God. What you call dumb, funny looking, fat, weak, smart, incapable or simple He made for His Good Purposes. So, are you insulting me, who is fearfully and wonderfully made by the Almighty Hand of an Omnipotent God with perfect skills as a master craftsman or are maybe are you challenging the work of His Mighty Hand?

The methods by which the enemy will seek to assault you will always be identified with those that gain him access to the treasures of your joyous heart. We must be vigilant, diligent and aware of these creative attempts and become wise to our own navigable pathways in defense. It is entirely possible that the Lord allows the enemy at us through these avenues just as He designed the Law as a mirror for our self realization of sin, this too is a glorious mechanism that we might see the weakness in our defensive posturing. If is hard to protect an opening that might become a foothold or lead to a full on entourage of enemy encampment if we cannot ourselves see that weakness and take it to God with request for its healing, closing or eradication.

The Lord gives us more than we need, perhaps we are simply failing to recognize the tools and weaponry of our overcoming?  It is apparent that if I continue to walk this road that the Lord has determined for my footfalls that I will be assailed by the slings and arrows of enemy assault because of the nature and the importance of my mission for God’s Glory and purpose. Therefore, God’s Word is clear about a businessman embarking on a project without first considering the capacity, manpower and finances to finish or undertaking a battle for which there is no rational reason for victory. I am walking this road in the absolute certainty of victory.

Now that victory does not depend upon me but it does depend on my willingness to acquiesce and follow only the Lord’s direction. If I determine to follow my only tactical or strategic bullet points of objectives then I will most certainly not be following the path to victory dictated by Him in the outset or agreement. That means I must expect that this enemy also knows that I am a soldier for the Lord and the enemy being an effective planner will always assail me with the hope that I will find the road too difficult and take it under my own counsel to quit or come up short. Yes, God will use all things for good for those who love Him and walk according to His purpose, but that presupposes that we are in fact walking for His Purposes, not our own.

I might want seclusion, safety and limited relationships with saints and the World, but is that consistent with His rules for my Life? Of course not. So if I want His Goals, His Victory, His objectives then I must embark on this project with the intention of following His guidance, His wisdom and His planning for strategic and mission realization.  That requires that I see that you are being used by the enemy to point out the weakness in my defensive field or to show me that the Lord, as in this case has eradicated or deactivated that button that used to be effective in my persuasion. I praise God for His Glory in protection and thank Him for providing the mirror that you’ve given me to show me how much He truly does love, provide and protect me.

Thank you for being you, In Jesus Name, you are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image. Will you embrace that or avoid it as you’ve continued to do so for the duration. I pray that you surrender to His perfect Will for you life, In Jesus’ Holy Name.