A Weakness that Leads Us Back Into Bondage...

How is it…that after waiting for God to free us and rid us of the problems we once faced; we choose to go back and reopen the moments in our lives; that God has already closed for good? In Galatians 4:9, we read…“But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?”
 
How often, do we wait on God to help us through a troubling time in our lives…only to later go back to the wallowing hole of self-despair? I truly believe that this can be a set up by Satan, as he seems to be working overtime to seek out any weakness that he can feast on and use against us. It seems that once he gets wind of our past; he goes to work…to take hold of those weak moments in our lives, while attempting to lead us back to the wallowing hole, from which we just came out of.
 
One thing I have found to be so true, during these weak and deceptive moments…brought about by evil; is to have a true connection with God…one where Satan cannot enter and take advantage of. You know…it’s so good to know about God through His word; but to truly know Him, will bring about a closer knit relationship, which will make it that much harder, for Satan to enter.
 
Also…we need to allow that relationship between us and God, to strengthen the weak moments of the past because once those weak moments of the past are strengthened; then Satan won’t be strong enough to have control over them.
 
No matter what difficult moment we experience or whatever struggle we go through in this life, we need God for every difficult moment we face. Yes…God is more than capable of bringing us out of these problems; but we must also remember that if we allow these problems to remain as a weak point in our lives; then Satan will be more than capable of leading us back into the muck and mire, of our past moments of despair.
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