If you were trying to win a battle, you'd look at your opponents weaknesses and capitalise on those weak foundations. It's funny how the enemy works like that with us. He looks at the areas in our life that we've held back from God in one way or another.. and then he attacks us. Distracting us, filling our heads with toxic thoughts so that there's no room for the good stuff that brings life.

When he sees potential, he quenches it with any means possible. Snuff the flame out while it's still small. Whether it be consuming us with greed, pride, jealousy, lust or envy. And the worst part of it, is that the majority of us don't even see this spiritual battle going on and are completely ignorant. Allowing ourselves to be pawn pieces moved around and influenced by the enemy.

I know myself. I get so caught up in discontentment, jealousy and envy, it's ridiculous. But God's grace is sufficient for me.. and His strength is all I need to help me overcome these life-sucking strongholds in my life. Chopping them down, one by one.