Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. Ephesians 6:14 (NLT)
Satan continually tries to lead people’s attention away from the truth. Why?
He knows what we focus on affects our beliefs, which in turn determines our future. If he can get us to consider a wrong idea long enough, it can develop into a misbelief that will affect that area of our lives until we confront and correct it with the truth.
For example, if he can get one worrisome suggestion to stick regarding your finances, your focus may turn toward fear of lack. From there, you might start accepting ideas that go against what God says about prosperity. Perhaps you’ll begin to feel uncomfortable with giving or struggle to enjoy spending a dime—all because the enemy penetrated your thought life with a lie and managed to get your focus and beliefs working against you!
He will even try to use corresponding actions to support and strengthen his lies. If the deceitful idea is, “I don’t think I belong at church,” that will be the day someone happens to turn away when you go to shake their hand after service.
He will use that action to feed the lie that says, “They don’t like me. That’s just proof I don’t belong here.” And the more you focus on the false “evidence,” the stronger your misbelief can grow.
Fortunately, God has provided us with powerful tools to deal with Satan. One effective way to combat his strategies is to stand your ground by arming yourself with the “belt of truth.” Because the more you focus on the truths found in God’s Word, the more prepared you’ll be to recognize and reject Satan’s tactics and stay on course to a victorious life.
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