Choose This Day

                                                              John 10:10
                              "The thief does not come except to steal, and to destroy. 
                                            I have come that they may have life
                                      and that they may have it more abundantly."

How often have you been having a wonderful day, all is as it should be, and then like a thief in the night, something happens and your joy is immediately replaced with despair and frustration? "The thief does not come except to steal, and to destroy." 

As followers of Christ we have a chose whether to stoop to the lies of Satan, walking in defeat, or stand on the word of God, knowing what He tells us is truth. Just as He spoke to the multitudes so long ago, He speaks to us today, warning of the thief who comes to steal our joy, destroy our peace, and ploy to steal our faith and trust in our Savior. Nothing gives Satan more satisfaction then we he succeeds in taking our eyes off Jesus and instead fretting over our problem. My mom tells me at times like this he is sitting in the corner clapping, knowing he has won.

How do we stand on the Word of God when everything around us seems to be moving toward defeat? How do we trust in what we do not see? We stand in faith. We believe the Word of God over the evidence before us.

                             Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
                             evidence of things not seen.                     __Hebrews 11:1

Faith is a chose. It cannot be forced, nor can it be replaced. Faith and fear cannot exist as one. We either choose to walk in faith, or allow fear to steal our peace. Who will we believe, our Savior or our enemy?

                          "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have
                           set before you life and death, blessings and cursing; therefore
                           choose life that both you and your descendants my live; that you may
                           love the LORD your God, that you may cling to Him, for He is your
                           life and the length of your days.                  __Deuteronomy 30:19

Let's choose this day to stand on the word of God, allowing Satan to stoop in the corner, not clapping this time, but with his head hung low in defeat.

                          "I have come that they may have life and that they may have it
                            more abundantly."                                      __John 10:10