Another Victory!

Roger and I returned to Emmanuel Baptist Church on Sunday. It was a battle for me to return. I woke up several times in the night and I thought to myself, "we didn't really like the church, I had so much more time when we skipped church, I don't want to go back." I woke up with the same feeling. I dragged myself out of bed. I was thinking how can I convince Roger to skip church? Just then, in my heart, I knew Satan was attacking me. I could feel it. I could feel his presense in my heart. He was trying to make me miss church. He knew I was weak and he was working hard on me.

We went to church. As I sat there in church, I still had the same feeling. I prayed and prayed that God would fight this battle for me and that satan would be pushed out of the picture. I wanted God to have the victory. I wanted to enjoy church. Afterall, I really do enjoy going to church.

The Pastor started to preach the message and the first verse that he shared was the reason why I needed to be in church. The verse was Galations 1:6 " I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Chirst and are turning to a different gospel."

Woah. Wait a minute. Did that verse say what I thought it said? Paul is amazed that we turn from God so quickly after Christ's body and blood was shed for me and my sins. This is a problem for me. I turn to other "gospels" all the time. I am not talking about religions but other things that make it to my to do list before God. I am talking about work, Roger, my family, my free time, and my wedding are sometimes put up before God. I am astonished. I am ashamed. I am humbled.

The message continued on and was excellent. It was everything that I needed to hear. It was about being faithful to God. It was just the message that satan did not want me to hear. However, it was just the message that God wanted me to hear.

Good thing God knocked satan out. Good thing God won the battle. Good thing God is more powerful than any other force...