The enemy

This morning Col talked about getting out there and sharing the gospel, it's what God tells us to do. But when we do we should be prepared for the enemy to move in and make things difficult because it's not in his plan for the message to be shared. It's fine if we're in church though, he's happy for it to be contained within a building where nobody but the usual congregation is listening, that's no problem. The reason why he doesn't want us to talk to people about God is because he knows for certain that it's the truth, otherwise, why would he bother.

Since I did an interview where I talked about my faith and shared my own experience of walking with God there have been no end of incidents which have threatened to take away, not only the amazing peace I'm Blessed with but also my self esteem, confidence and strength. However I was sitting in the garden reading the bible one morning last week, as always I'd written down where I was up to and was about to go back in the house when these words came into my mind 'stay with me my child' I replied 'I will Lord' and picked up where I had left off. It was Ephesians verse 13 which says "And you were also included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit"

I am where I am today because a friend took the time to share the gospel with me, it takes courage to speak out because you risk rejection and ridicule but if it helps just one person to build a relationship with God and go on to receive The Holy Spirit, then the enemy is stopped in its tracks.