The Dragon vs. Myself

"It is because the devil knows the gospel that he is enraged. That is why things are so bad. The dragon is on a desperate rampage. In his death throes he is unleashing what evil is left." (225)

DJ's discussion of this topic really started me thinking about my own walk with God. Can I honestly say to the face of Jesus Christ that I have lived my everyday life with the active and feverish yearning to spread the word of God? Am I driven by the fact that time my on earth is so short that I must run and scream and do anything in my power given by my Lord to bring his glory on earth? Do I feel the same way about my faith in the victory of Christ as the devil does? We both know. We know what happened. Why Jesus died and rose again. We both know that the victory has been won, but are we living it out? The image of the dragon in Rev. 12 confirms his side. How frightening to see the dragon being a better "student of the gospel than the church [myself]"(225) and see him eagerly get as much dirty work [but work none the less] done as possible before Jesus returns! (224)

And yet where is most of my time spent? Where has my vision been blurred and distracted in my 21 years here on this planet blessed with the breath of life on God's beautiful creation? I'm going to continue off of Reid's thoughts, I have been lost in game's of the dragon. Especially game 1. How much of my time and energy do I find myself wearing the guilt from diabolos? Fighting to find worth through my own sin. How easy it is to let the dragon slip in and whisper words of total destruction into our ears!

But...the victory has already been won! WON! No if, ands, or buts about it! Nothing I have done or you have done or they have done will ever change that!

And now we overcome by:
1. the blood of the lamb!
2. the power of the truth!
3. and not being afraid to lose our lives!