View Blog Entry

Even after walking with the Lord for some time, I still wrestle with sin. During one particular time, I felt I was tested and tempted much more than before—so much so that it sometimes felt overwhelming.

Something I learned during these heightened and elevated levels of spiritual warfare—when it was hard to stand firm—was to keep my eyes on the Lord Jesus and not on what the Enemy was trying to focus me on. It became much easier to resist and stand firm through the testing.

I have fallen short of the glory of the Lord God and can’t do this life alone without my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

When the Enemy attacked Eve, his whole purpose was to get her eyes off the Lord God and her covenant relationship with Him. He even left out “Lord” when he asked Eve, “Did God really say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Satan intended to get Eve to look at the one thing she couldn’t have, which was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He wanted her to look at the good part of it without considering the bad part. In this way, she couldn’t have the thing she really wanted, which was found in the Tree of Life and her covenant relationship with the Lord God. This was Satan’s goal the whole time.

Satan’s tactic hasn’t changed since the Garden of Eden, and it was what cost Eve the Tree of Life and her covering with the Lord God.

But we can stand firm against temptation by keeping our eyes on the Lord Jesus. Through keeping our eyes on Him and submitting to His will, we can resist the Devil, and he will flee from us.

When dealing with spiritual warfare, remember the whole point is to keep our eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ and what He is doing, not what the Devil is doing.