Sober Minded
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8, ESV
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2, ESV
In one day, we all have been given 24 hours, which breaks down into 1,440 minutes or 86,400 seconds. In every one of those seconds Satan is strategizing how he can devour each one of us. The Bible teaches us that we have all been born into sin. Listen, when Adam and Eve sinned, they left a template for all of us to come through. We were all stained when we entered our mother’s womb. Once we accepted Jesus Christ as our personal savior and He came to live inside of us. The battle for our mind intensified.
The Bible teaches us that our mind must be renewed and transformed through the Word of God. This happens through testing, because in testing we will learn to discern His will. When we can discern His will, we become sober-minded and know how to watch for the devil who prowls around trying to devour us.
The other day I had a long list of things that needed to be finished. Many of those things were my husband’s responsibility but because I knew that we were on a deadline, I had taken them on to try and get them completed without telling him. When I saw him walk into the room, he was relaxed and resting, listening to one of his favorite shows. My frustrations started to explode, but in the midst of my rant I caught myself and said, “Holy Spirit, I do not want to react this way. I need your help.” Instantly I calmed down and my husband began to ask me how he could help. As I shared what needed to be completed, he wrote them all down and immediately went to work.
In years past when those kinds of things would occur, I could not tell that Satan was setting me up to start war in my own home. I did not have the discernment to notice his attacks and would fall right into his trap. I’d nitpick at my husband, yell at our children, and just be cranky and not really understand why. When scripture says to be watchful, it means to pay attention to those subtle attacks because the strategies of Satan are always working to come after us – especially when we least expect it.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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