Even after the most incredible week of my life , I needed to reread the first post below, wrote through me on July 19th 2010. 

http://www.secondtimothyoneseven.com/?p=32

The reason I mention the date is very important!  Our spiritual vision waxes and wanes so much! One day it’s amazing and the next we feel like we are back to square one! It sure does not seem to be accumulative. Like Eldredge says – we get Spiritual amnesia! It’s like our Spiritual eyesight gets erased! How can this be and how and why does it happen.

Prayer-
“Holy Spirit- Wonderful Counselor, please teach me, illuminate to me the answers to these most pressing questions! For it is a life and death matter! For the moment I stop seeing with my Spiritual eyes, my eyes of faith- I lose hope, joy, peace, power and purpose! I am no longer victorious but am groping in the dark for ” eyes to see again” , the eyes that connect me to you” in Jesus name. Amen

After praying the above prayer , John 10:10 immediately came to mind!  
John 10:10
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

Or

John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

That’s our answer! This is Satan’s  main purpose- to erase or steal, kill and destroy our Spiritual eyesight! He prowls around looking to devour someone’s Spiritual eyesight! To break our connection or lifeline to a victorious, rich and satisfying life! A life that is only possible as we stay connected by grace through faith as Paul said in Ephesians 2:8-9

And Jesus said- 

John 15:5
   5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
So let’s wrap this up!  When someone takes away, or robs you of something you own, say a cellphone- you immediately lose possession of that. It’s gone! Lost! You no longer possess it and the ability it gave you to connect, communicate and stay in touch. Our eyes of faith are as real an tangible as a cell phone! They are our divine smart phone- our connection to the abundant Life Jesus promises us!  Is it any wonder that this is Satan’s mission- to steal , kill and destroy…… OUR EYES OF FAITH! 

1 Peter 5:8
 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

1 Corinthians 16:  13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.14 Do everything in love.

James 4:7
 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

That’s it! As we submit our lives to God and His word through faith we will stay connected and abiding in Christ who is our Light and Life! So when the Tempter comes, sowing His bag of lies we must submit to God, then – in Jesus name, resist the Devil. Then and only then can we stay in tact with our most precious possession- our eyes of faith! 

We are in a war zone my friend and we will face daily battles – attacks on our faith! The question is- WILL WE BE READY, ALERT AND EQUIPPED TO FIGHT?  I am so comforted by these last verses- 

John 16:33
  33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Jesus knew what we would be facing in this life because He faced it and overcame everything that we can face – even death on a cross! 

1 Corinthians 15
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen and Amen!

Another helpful post on this all important subject- http://www.secondtimothyoneseven.com/?p=545

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