Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? BY: KB © 5.20.15

1 Peter 5:8       Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

2 Corinthians 11:14       And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 4:4       In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Whew! I've been off in my own “stuff” for a minute….I got caught up in poor choices and had to deal with the poor outcomes. I stopped writing because I got beat up by my conscience and my convictions because when all was said and done I knew the outcomes were a result of me stepping outside of the will of God. I dealt with the immediate things some months ago but I have to say SIN is like asbestos, it leaves residue and sometimes you have to handle the residue with more caution than the initial incident.

My plight has made me keenly aware of the craziness in my space and it made me look at how we allow ourselves to entertain the enemy. My case is that I often allow myself to get depleted and I don’t rely on God to provide rest and restoration; I then throw pity parties and become bait for wolves. My personal vulnerabilities are then accentuated by the fact that some of the folks in my circle are just as vulnerable yet they present the façade of a solid fortress.

I have allowed God to change my vision and I now see manipulative megalomaniacs, false piety, and the seriously wounded (life support wounded), sadly these are often in one person….

and more often than not these are the people in your circle, these are the people who we have taken into our confidence, these are the people we go to for support.

Genesis 3:1       Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made

Be careful, watch, look to see how people conduct themselves in their everyday. Look to see how they treat people when they aren't doing/ can’t do anything for them. Listen to their message and ask if there a hidden agenda on the back end of it. Listen for humility.

Christianity does not mean that forgiveness requires you to divorce your common sense….(like NA/AA tells people not to run the inventory of others)….what it means is that you let go of the hurt and pain, let the other party go in peace but you look at your own culpability and also what vulnerability allowed YOU to get ensnared

Ephesians 5:15-20New International Version (NIV)

15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.