Go out there and get your scars
Ever since I found Jesus I have been in a spiritual battle, the moment you find Jesus you start getting attacked by the dark side, Jesus even warns you about this in Scripture. One of the devil’s main missions is to destroy as many Christians as he can. I try so hard to walk in the example that Jesus sets for us and I have found myself very attacked by the devil. I started to hide away in my house more and more as the attacks kept coming. The devil attacks your mind. When the devil attacks your mind it is up to you not to let him into your mind. You could even say that the devil can only do as much as you let him. These attacks feel terrible, it is spiritual mental warfare. For many months I would just try and hide away in a attempt to not be exposed to any situations where the devil might try and torment my mind. I began to realise that hiding away is a form of giving up. If I’m hiding away I’m not in the battle and that’s one less soldier for the good side. Therefore I wrote the following:
I have realised that I have learnt something recently. You can spend all day hiding away in your house and yes it is true you won’t get hurt however how many people are you helping spiritually by hiding away in your house, how many people are you spreading the gospel to by hiding away in your house, how many people are you telling about Jesus if you are hiding away in your house, how many people are you setting the true example of true Christianity by hiding away in your house. You will make very few mistakes if you are hiding away in your house and you probably won’t get hurt however if you don’t go out there and try and reach people spiritually then you’re not evangelising. If you are out there in the front lines of the spiritual battle then yes you will get hurt, that is unavoidable. Experiencing a little bit of mental pain is absolutely nothing compared to knowing that you are out there in the front lines of the spiritual battle of all time and doing your best to reach people spiritually and to help people come to Jesus by spreading the gospel and living the example that Jesus sets for us. Hiding away is absolutely pointless, you won’t help anyone by hiding away. It is time for us to get out there and fight the most important battle of all time which is actually a very simple battle, the battle is stopping the devil from preventing people from being saved. The battle is helping everyone make it to heaven. The devil is a liar and his greatest lie is that he is powerful. He is not powerful, he is nothing. If you hide away at home at the end of the day you won’t have any scars however if you go out there and fight the battle at the end of the day you will have scars but you will be able to say that you tried your best to make a difference by defending what is right and you can say that you have tried your best to help people find Jesus and tried your best to help everyone make it to heaven.