Mindy McCready

"The thief comes not, but for to steal, kill, and destroy; I come that they might have life and have it more abundantly."

~John 10:10

 

 

As I read the article of Mindy McCready(http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=791263) death and the battles that surrounded her during her career and after, it brought my mind to the above scripture.  I thought of Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and many before them, who lost the battle to their inward struggles. The enemy of our souls is relentless and comes not only but to steal, kill, and destroy. No matter how much talent, money, status, family, and friends we have the enemy still preys on us. He is very familiar with the weak, simple, desperate, prideful, and bruised. He studies us and offers us what we believe at that moment will grant us peace, happiness, approval, and acceptance. We receive his poison as Snow White did the red delicious apple, but once we bit into it our lives are forever changed. Like Mindy McCready, the more battles that come the more we try to hide behind what the enemy once offered us to quiet our souls, but it only brings more disruption, more noise. The enemies delicacies can never satisfy, it drags us deeper and deeper into despair and desperation. We long for peace, but the enemy keeps us busy and distracted so we believe that we finally have captured it. His ways are strategically designed to kills us, to keep us on an abusive roller coaster of denial and confusion.

 

We as human beings are no match for the enemies tactics, we will never win against his ploys-never. No matter how many great ideas we come up with, how many scientific breakthroughs, how many rallies, marches, technology advancement, government assistance, or church's we build,  the enemy will always have us where he wants us-deceived. Understanding this one fact, shows us why we need Truth, why we need Jesus. Why Jesus came. Why He died. He did not come to give us a bigger house, a better job, more money, fame, more friends, status, a perfect spouse, He came "that we might have life, and have it more abundantly." Jesus' life is not found in what the world deems life, it is found in knowing Him and believing on who He says He is-"the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Everything outside of Jesus, the enemy controls and he comes to kill us. Nothing and I mean nothing the enemy will ever offer us will save us nor grant us peace. He will lie to us, he will abuse us, and he will blame us for it all.

 

Mindy McCready life was stolen. She may have had a choice like so many before her and like many of us today, but when we don't choose Jesus, every other choice we make will always be the same-death.  Jesus wants us to know today, that His love is available and the life we are living is not the life He died for us to live.  He wants our hearts and He wants to heal them and He can and will-just believe.  Anything and I mean anything that we do apart from Christ means nothing and that even includes our best intentions. Let's not be like Mindy, Whitney, or Michael, covering up our pain with what the enemy offers, let's choose Jesus and find everything our heart every wanted and so much more.

Father, oh how we need You. Oh how we desperately need You. More than money, more than fame, more than friends, more than family, more than comfort, we need You. The enemy has lied to us and we have believed him. We have accepted his lesser ways into our lives and today we are paying for it. Our family, friends, community, and world are paying for it. Your Son came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. Forgive us O Lord for living below this standard, forgive us for doing what we wanted to do in order to maintain our idols. Father I am asking You today in Jesus name to take away everything and everyone that is not bearing fruit in our lives. We know that whatever you cut out of our lives, You replace with eternal blessings beyond our imaginations. Show us the areas that still need to be confessed and help us to turn from those things once they have been revealed. Thank You Father for sending us Your Son, so that we no longer live unto ourselves or the enemies lies. Thank You for setting us free in Jesus.  Amen.

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