Guarding Your Heart Against Unwanted InvadersSample

A - Arm yourself with His truth

Just as important as unloading our cares before Him in this quest to guard our hearts is the process of steeping ourselves in His truth.

If through prayer we can obtain peace, it is through the Word of God we can obtain perspective: His perspective.

Through His Word we are reminded of the truth regarding any temptation as well as its looming consequence; we are reminded of His care, which is the cure for our anxieties and other unwanted invaders; and we behold His character - who He is and by His grace, who He has made us to be.

Jesus exemplified the power of the Word of God when fighting against the lies of the enemy when three times He replied to Satan, “It is written.”

Likewise, our answer to combatting every temptation or would-be invader of the heart is found in His Word.

What lies are trying to invade your heart today? Will you take the time to “think about what you’re thinking about” and align your thoughts with His Word?

It is through the comparison of our thoughts with His truth that we can identify what has crept in, what is not true, and what we need to reject. As we read His Word, meditate upon it, and arm ourselves with it, we will more easily identify - and be victorious over - the unwelcome invaders.

The unwelcome invaders of our hearts usually come through the thoughts we allow ourselves to think in three main categories:

-what we think about God

-what we think about others

-what we think about ourselves

As we arm ourselves with the truth in these three categories, we will find it is much harder for unwanted invaders to infiltrate our hearts. We will read more about these categories in tomorrow’s devotional.