At times we can feel almost under siege from the influences of our society through the media, the Internet and other sources to doubt God's Power.
And as we doubt God's Power we then doubt His ability to give us the help we need, which leads to an inability to even recognize what Principality is at work.
The waters can become particularly muddy, when under the influence of modern society, we deny the existence of Satan therefore sin no longer exists either. This leads to compromising our very beliefs and prostituting our Faith as many embrace 'worldly' thinking and doubt the Church's Authority to lead the Faithful.
Instead many substitute political leaders as the 'voice' they should listen to and obey even if these political leaders support and promote abortion! Many people also look towards the self help guru's who even though their words sound 'wise' are nothing but foolish glitter to coat man's ego.
But the more insidious attacks are those of a personal nature, where the children of God will be vilified for speaking His Truth to those who no longer wish to embrace Godly ways. These children of God will then be called in mocking tones, 'pious', or 'holier than thou', merely because these very children stand by God's Truth.
Whereas the children of the serpent embrace all manner of lies, as they launch personal attacks on the moral character and fibre of the God fearing people. And there is nothing that these children of the dark will not do if it means denigrating one of God's beloved children.
We need to understand and recognize what spirit lay behind the motives of the children of the serpent and to recognize the principality of darkness at work. For behind every salacious lie, is the father of all lies, Satan himself, who will stop at nothing in order to either destroy God's children or lead God's children into despair.
These attacks upon Godly people can only succeed when the children of Light fail to recognize the motivating force guiding the evil done by others. For as the Word instructs us, "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds."
It is this lack of understanding that leads to many people retaliating by using the same weapons of the evil one, this is indeed a great victory for Satan and his hordes. This is why when confronted with evil, we must say it's name for what it is and not sugar coat sin by describing it as either 'bad choices' or that someone is suffering from low self esteem, as if that were an excuse to cover their slander and calumny!
For as with everyone we all have bad times, we all have had our load of worries, but that does not give us the excuse to then allow Satan to lead us into sin. For by envying another's good fortune or their Gifts, many fall into the waiting hands of the father of lies.
But as the children of God we have His Word which tells us in all confidence, "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.". So let us not fear those who have embraced darkness, but instead allow our Light to shine before others so that we give Glory to our Father in Heaven by being obedient to His Commands!
Let us go forth and with filial trust and confidence, place our hearts with the Triune God as He leads us to safety, even through the snares placed by the evil one. For Christ has already won the Victory, and sin no longer has its sting.
For it is through Christ our Lord that we too have been made Overcomers, let us therefore behave as Victors and not as the vanquished!
Peace of Christ to ALL
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