拾穗 - 属灵争战的抵挡与胜过

BY ETF
看到弟兄姐妹们在忧郁低落中无法胜过真的让人又心疼又焦急。常常触因或许是那么一两次真正的冒犯。其后长期的恶性循环都在于我们没有在属灵争战之内战上得胜。 于是我们被人际平面上一张大网所捕捉，无法自拔。因为所见所思都挣扎在人际平面上，于是不再举目上面的神，也怀疑他的美善和公义。甚者，因为在深处知道当我们向上举目时，他会叫我们撇下那缠绕我们的罪网，我们不再有呻吟的借口，于是躲避向他举目。

然而，圣经告诉我们，爱里没有惧怕。爱既完全，就把惧怕除去，因为惧怕里含着刑罚；惧怕的人在爱里未得完全 (约一 4:18)。你不正是神所爱的吗？他即在基督耶稣里为你舍命，又怎么会不将他所应许的丰盛生命给你？且他正在给你。你要作的是凭信心领受，而不是躲避。

A simple process of Renewing the mind

1. Take captive every thought before you're hit    
II Corinthians 10:5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

2. Contemplating on the Sacrifice of Jesus  

3. Take up the shield of faith by 

• Know your God is greater - creator, king of all kings

• know you already have the new nature, can not sin  - believe and appropriate it

• Know your God is merciful - will not give you more than you can bear, and bruised reed he will not break

• Know there is no condemnation in Christ - come back up! Don't feel beaten up

• know you are precious to God, He wants only good for you, even in your presence difficulties - Rom 8:28

• Be a Sunflower, follow the light, shadow will turn behind instead of overshadow you 

3.  Up the stakes - it is not about you, it is about His Glory. Don't you think when you're defending God's honor, would not He also defend you? Think about how Satan dialogued with God regarding Job. Do not let Satan mock God through you. 

4.  The primary trigger of defeat often come from failed human relationships - horizontal. Looking for solution horizontally goes nowhere. By faith step out of that horizontal realm, know that the solution is in your relationship with God - vertical.