Lies

 What is the lie you battle constantly? The lie that you maybe don't know where it came from but it has worked its way into your thoughts. That thought goes against all that God says about you. You know that it is a lie and yet you can't stop it from impacting how you view yourself. We all have them, the things we belive about our selves for good or bad. I have a lie that I fight nearly  every day about myself. Every time it starts to grow I take the Sword of Truth and hack at it till I have cut it down. Thinking this time  I have removed the root of it. Then it grows back, stronger than before. So I attack  it again thinking this is the time I will have it beaten. Only to have it grow back a few days later. We all have those consistent battles again our flesh. Yet, as a "good Christian" we don't talk about our struggles cause as a "good Christian" we are supposed  to have the victory  in Christ. As a "good" Christian "I can do all things through  Christ who strengthens me" Phillipines 4:13. As a "good" Christian "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17. I can go on quoting all the verses about my identity  in Christ, but one thing I am leaning as I grow up is I don't fight alone. I am not talking about having Christ fighting for me (even as comforting as that thought  is) I am talking about letting other godly Christians in and letting them know of the struggle  so they can come along side me. To pray and encourage me to keep fighting. They can best pray for me when I am honest and transparent about what I am struggling with. How often do I allow shame to stop me from being honest with those that I can trust? How often  do I convince myself  that I don't need to reach out to others? That I can fight this on my own? Maybe  that is part of Satan's plan to make us all feel isolated  and alone so that we continue  to struggle and forget that the Bible says "For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up." Ephesians 4:10 This is why it is so important  to have a good church family  and close godly people in your life that you can trust. 

Excuse me while go and put into practice  what God showed me while writing this....