What if Satan's a Defeated Foe III
the conclusion...
Heb. 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Things that can be seen are seen with the eyes. Things that are unseen, are seen by faith. Faith is like a spiritual camera. Yeah, it's hokey, just flow with the metaphor for a second.
When the enemy looms large it means one thing. The autozoom on your faith camera is off. Or perhaps you need to focus on something else. Say you are in that immense and beautiful jungle. You see a beautiful flower bush on a ridgeline a ways away. You set your camera up and zoom in to take a picture. But as you are getting the focus just right suddenly your whole viewfinder is filled with an orange and black form.
What you see (faith) is fully the Enemy. Here is what really isn't that effective. Focusing in FURTHER! And then analyzing the sinews and power in its legs and jaws.
Zoom out completely! See that the tiger is just a roaming item in an immense jungle.
Besides, the tiger is an immense camera hog. Why serve it with what it wants. There are other things to look at in the jungle. Come back to the bush later, it's not going anywhere. The tiger is. It's restless, frustrated, and knows its time is short.
Heb. 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Things that can be seen are seen with the eyes. Things that are unseen, are seen by faith. Faith is like a spiritual camera. Yeah, it's hokey, just flow with the metaphor for a second.
When the enemy looms large it means one thing. The autozoom on your faith camera is off. Or perhaps you need to focus on something else. Say you are in that immense and beautiful jungle. You see a beautiful flower bush on a ridgeline a ways away. You set your camera up and zoom in to take a picture. But as you are getting the focus just right suddenly your whole viewfinder is filled with an orange and black form.
What you see (faith) is fully the Enemy. Here is what really isn't that effective. Focusing in FURTHER! And then analyzing the sinews and power in its legs and jaws.
Zoom out completely! See that the tiger is just a roaming item in an immense jungle.
Besides, the tiger is an immense camera hog. Why serve it with what it wants. There are other things to look at in the jungle. Come back to the bush later, it's not going anywhere. The tiger is. It's restless, frustrated, and knows its time is short.
posted by GBT at
Friday, September 22, 2006
