The Thief

The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus came that we would have life and life more abundantly. 

Satan is not a one-trick pony; he has many ways of distracting and keeping us from living an abundant life.  One is being a thief.  A thief doesn’t come into your house while you are there; they watch and wait for the perfect opportunity to take your possessions without you knowing.  Thieves don’t just use the front door; they use a cracked window, a backdoor, a spare key, whatever advantage they can get to, they use.  Thieves are at their best when you are distracted.  They take what you have while you are focused and busy doing something.  Your prized possession, your treasure, is taken and you suffer a loss.

Satan wants to steal your promise.  He acts like he has your best intentions in mind, all the while, planting seeds of doubt and fear in you.  You begin to think about the “what ifs” and worry starts to set in.  You lose trust that God is leading you and you begin to take matters – your life – into your own hands.  Satan wants you believe that God is speaking to you but the whole time you are not hearing God, you are hearing him.  Jesus said, "My sheep know my voice."  Your thoughts are becoming simultaneous with the thoughts of the enemy and you begin to destroy yourself.  Satan plants the “seeds” and we water them.  We feed into those negative thoughts, ignorant to the fact that we are enslaved to them.  We believe the negativity, we believe the lies and when things start to fall apart, we blame God because He didn’t help us.

We have been fooled.  The bible says to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ.  Jesus simplifies the process for us.  Every thought must be filtered through the voice of love; if our thoughts do not feed us love and peace, it is not meant to be apart of us.  We must lock our “doors,” shut our “windows” and turn the “alarm system” on.  Shut down every negative thought of inadequacy, fear, hate and doubt.  When we do, the life Jesus has promised us will manifest right before us.