Smashing Spiritual Spiders, STAT

This morning I went down to our basement to start a load of laundry.

The first thing I saw when I walked down the stairs was a big ol’ wolf spider, scurrying across the floor. 🕷️

I looked down at my feet-
no shoes to step on it with. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Nothing in my hands to smash it with either.

So, not wanting to leave the room (knowing if I did, it will have scurried away by the time I got back), I grabbed the first thing I could find which was a pair of socks from our clean laundry bin, and took care of it.

Why? Because I’ve learned that if you don’t squish it when you see it, sometimes it comes back to bite you later.

Now of course this post isn’t 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁y about spiders.

{So anyone about to tell me which spiders bite and which don’t, which are poisonous and aren’t, which are actually beneficial to the environment, that’s interesting and all, but that’s not actually where I want to go with this conversation.}

What I want to share- in this memorable way- is a spiritual truth that is relatable.

Have you ever had a “spider” of a thought?

A creepy crawly lie that the enemy tries to send your way?

If you don’t know your authority and USE IT to squish that lie, {particularly with the 𝒯ℛ𝒰𝒯ℋ of the Word}, that thought- even if dismissed initially- may scurry back to bite you later!

We don’t get to choose what we come across- not even thoughts sometimes.

But we do get to choose what we allow to stay, and what we squish out.

We need to stay surrounded by Truth.
And we need to smash the lies.

About our identity.
{Who we are in Him.}

About our authority in Christ.
{What He says we can do- in His Power.}

About our security in Him.
{How He says He will take care of us.}

About the authority we need to allow Him to have in our lives.
{Versus the “cute” lie of an idea that as Christians we can decide for ourselves what is right and wrong. A seemingly innocent little insect, but a poisonous one for our souls…}

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I don’t know what spiders you have been coming across lately, in particular.

We all tend to have our own “brand” that the enemy likes to send our way.

Maybe he has been attacking your identity or security.

Maybe he is always there with his ugly thoughts…

that you aren’t enough

don’t have enough,

won’t have enough in the future,

aren’t loved enough,

don’t do enough….

He has enough little variants on those phrases to keep us from moving, Godfidently, in the direction God has called us.

But today – let’s say ℰ𝒩𝒪𝒰𝒢ℋ ℐ𝒮 ℰ𝒩𝒪𝒰𝒢ℋ!

Let’s smash those ugly bugs with TRUTH
-that 𝓌ℯ 𝒹ℴ𝓃’𝓉 ℋ𝒜𝒱ℰ 𝓉ℴ 𝒷ℯ ℯ𝓃ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽!

Jesus Christ is enough for us!
We are sufficient, in His sufficiency!
His grace is sufficient for us!

Besides that, we are made in His image.
Knit together in our mother’s wombs.
Designed uniquely and exactly the way God wanted us to be.
And with Him we have ALL we need to accomplish everything that He has given us to do!

I could go on and on with Truth bombs here.
And sometimes we have so many lies attacking our minds that this is exactly what we need-
to “bomb” our spiritual house {our minds} with His Words.

But I don’t want to make this post crazy long.

So today, I encourage you.

Don’t just dismiss those lies and let them go,
continuing to lurk in the corners.
Coming back around later to bite you again.

Identify them and squash them immediately.

Use the weapon of the Word that He has given you, and take those lies out.

“Sock ‘em!”, if you will. 😉 🧦 🤪