Tedious

I really do not like tasks that feel tedious to me. One of these tasks is cleaning, with a cloth of some kind, like an old tee out of P Ray’s closet. Gina would normally handle a task like this, but she cannot reach the wall cupboards. You see I put things off like this and insist that the wife schedules these tasks with me well in advance. Today I am supposed to be cleaning cupboards.

Last week, I scheduled this act of forced labor with Gina, which is very easy to do when the goal of scheduling these tasks is to allow for more procrastination, (don’t tell Gina) and knowing that the day of this apocalypse has been delayed.

Today was the day of reckoning, I woke up and made sure that the wife knew that the task was on my mind, while secretly leaving the door open for her to let me off the hook at the last minute. Sorry, but no clemency would be granted today; I was cleaning cupboards, like it or not! So, when the wife left to go to the store, I reached for the stupid cloth from under the sink and got started.

Then the mental attack from my enemy’s favorite stronghold (my mind), hit me and told me, just do a quick once over on this job, no one would know, I responded with “you obviously do not know Gina, but I like where you are going with this.”

Then God’s word came to me almost instantly before I had a chance to even consider this act of deception. In my mind the battle had been started, God helped my spirit by putting a sword in my hand, and then the Holy Spirit said:

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV.

Ok now I knew that I was in a spiritual battle for truth and honesty. So, I searched my mind for God’s word, and the Holy Spirit told me as plain as day:

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV.

Ok it’s time to fight back, so I stood up for myself in the spiritual world, swung that sword and destroyed the enemies’ plans of deceiving us today. Now I am committed to completing this task, and I felt good about it.

Then the Holy Spirit wanted to make sure that I understood why I recognized this battle so quickly, and how I was able to win it so easily, and then this verse comes to my mind:

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 NIV.”

I know that this was not as hard of a battle as what most of us face daily, but knowing how these battles start is important. The more you read and seek to understand and God’s word; the more you will store God’s words in your heart, mind and soul. God’s word will give you an advantage over your enemy who looks earnestly for those that he can devour. If you want to obliterate the enemies’ plots against you, and your family, start by reading with a purpose to understand what God wants you to learn in His word. We can’t learn it all in one day, we will be learning from God’s word the rest of our days, both on this side of Heaven and beyond.

God bless you, and much love!

Make it a Thankful Thursday! God is good…