I was putting the chickens up one night, (Yes, I have chickens) and something occurred to me. Our chickens had started at one point digging at the fence wanting to get out of their cage. The problem was that there were animals digging on the other side who wanted to eat the chickens and their eggs. Before you know it, there was a big hole underneath the fence in one place that allowed the predator to enter the cage and begin harming our chickens.
Application.
We are placed in boundaries. These boundaries are meant to keep us safe. There are rules set in place to protect us from the enemy, Satan. If there is a rule that you don’t watch an PG-13 or R-rated movies, it is because there is something in that PG-13 or R-rated movie that could be harmful to your spirit and mind. If there is a rule set in place not to text/talk to a member of the opposite sex after midnight, that is because this could open you up to temptation and vulnerability. Those are boundaries – and they are protection. But so often, we see the boundaries not as protection, but as something keeping us from fun! “Why can’t I see that movie?” “What’s the big deal if I am just texting?” “Why can’t I go to that party? It’s not like I’d do anything.” When we begin to question our boundaries and begin digging to get out of them, we open ourselves up to the enemy -- Because without our knowledge, the enemy has been digging on the other side trying to get in. But he can only get in so much without us opening ourselves up to him. But if we meet him halfway, and allow him to get in… we will be victims before we know it, left wondering why “our eggs (promises/fruit) are stolen and our feathers are plucked out and we are left wounded.”
Stop Digging. Stop trying to get out of your boundaries. See them as protection from the enemy who is ever on the prowl to find an area that you want to get “free from.” But I will warn you. If you allow the enemy to help you finish digging that hole, you will be sorry.
If you have already allowed the enemy to come in within a certain area in your life. Repent and ask the Lord to help you fill in that hole again. Good start? Word of God, Prayer, and Accountability. Those are things that can help fill the hole so that predator won’t find his way in again.
Application.
We are placed in boundaries. These boundaries are meant to keep us safe. There are rules set in place to protect us from the enemy, Satan. If there is a rule that you don’t watch an PG-13 or R-rated movies, it is because there is something in that PG-13 or R-rated movie that could be harmful to your spirit and mind. If there is a rule set in place not to text/talk to a member of the opposite sex after midnight, that is because this could open you up to temptation and vulnerability. Those are boundaries – and they are protection. But so often, we see the boundaries not as protection, but as something keeping us from fun! “Why can’t I see that movie?” “What’s the big deal if I am just texting?” “Why can’t I go to that party? It’s not like I’d do anything.” When we begin to question our boundaries and begin digging to get out of them, we open ourselves up to the enemy -- Because without our knowledge, the enemy has been digging on the other side trying to get in. But he can only get in so much without us opening ourselves up to him. But if we meet him halfway, and allow him to get in… we will be victims before we know it, left wondering why “our eggs (promises/fruit) are stolen and our feathers are plucked out and we are left wounded.”
Stop Digging. Stop trying to get out of your boundaries. See them as protection from the enemy who is ever on the prowl to find an area that you want to get “free from.” But I will warn you. If you allow the enemy to help you finish digging that hole, you will be sorry.
If you have already allowed the enemy to come in within a certain area in your life. Repent and ask the Lord to help you fill in that hole again. Good start? Word of God, Prayer, and Accountability. Those are things that can help fill the hole so that predator won’t find his way in again.
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