THE ENEMY (IN-A-ME)
There is a whisper in the depths of our hearts, a subtle deception that dances just beyond the edge of our sight. It lures us into believing that our private storms of emotion are the only reality worth hearing. Yet, if we lean into our own understanding, if we trust these ripples as gospel…we become vulnerable, sifted by forces we cannot see.
I have stood face-to-face with a cunning adversary… an enemy who weaves lies from the finest strands of our own thoughts. He knows our intimate nuances, and with surgical precision, he turns them into emotional tsunamis that crash upon the shores of our souls. These emotional waves can roar so loudly, that the truth fades into a distant echo. The enemy’s most sophisticated weapon isn’t a lie, it’s isolation wrapped in personalization.
He doesn’t need to convince you the world is wrong…. he just needs to convince you that you’re the only one who’s right! Then slowly, you drift… not physically, but spiritually… from community, from objectivity, and from clarity.
This is what it means to be sifted like wheat. It’s not just a trial… it’s a tearing apart!
Over the last six years, and in a much deeper way, these last three weeks… I’ve been invited by the Holy Spirit into something better than survival: SURRENDER
Not to the waves of my life… but to the wisdom that rides above it. The Holy Spirit became my surfboard, gracefully carrying me across emotional tsunamis I would’ve otherwise drowned in. The truth that is unavoidable is I have to CONSISTENTLY choose to stand on it!
Because it’s a choice! To surf or to sink. To let perspective lead or let pain speak louder. What I’ve found is when I surfed with the Spirit, I stopped needing my perspective to be the only one. I gained clarity… and clarity is a humbler. It showed me: It’s never just the way I see it. It’s never just what I feel. It’s never just about me!
I love how James tells us in his book in The Bible:
“Be quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to become angry. For human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.”
Anger, even when justified, is a fire. When left unchecked, it can burn the very bridge God sent to save you.
May we become people who surf… not sink. May we stop letting nuance isolate us. May we start letting the Spirit elevate us. Because there is more to every moment than what we feel. There is truth beyond our triggers. Lastly, healing… if we let it, will lead us beyond ourselves.
I pray we walk responsibly in this awareness. Not just for our sake… but for the ones God still plans to reach through us.
Please pardon me for not posting last week… I was sinking and not surfing. I’m glad to be back on my board this week so I can be back on board with all of you.
Sincerely,
Aaron Abernathy