My Spiritual Boot Camp [Phase 2]—

Here’s the next phase of my spiritual growth – ‘seek and destroy’: all these years of failed attempt on battling my sin has left me rather discouraged. It was only few days ago that I received the new insight from the Lord. And this is the fact that God, the Lion of Judah, the Warrior-King is living inside of me! But, b/c of my skewed perception of God, I ended up confining this lion on a leash while standing powerless against the attacks of the enemy. Part of reason why God must be on the throne of our hearts is so that he could protect me from all sins and destroy every temptation the enemy throw in my direction. Unfortunately, when we talk about putting God on the thrones of our hearts, we only make reference on how he changes and frustrates our personal goals and agendas – we don’t really see him as the one who protects, loves and cares for us. Now I want to unleash this lion – let him seek and destroy all forms of sins and free me from the power of the enemy that has been taunting me since I was brought into this world.

And who’s my enemy? He’s not the circumstances I’m under; he’s not even those who failed and/or hurt me; he’s not the failed dreams or goals. He is the flesh who governs my desires, who takes good things God has given and perverts them into idols. This enemy lives inside of me – he is me. For this, I must die daily and submit to His lordship of my life, moment by moment. The battle wages w/in my heart. And the outside circumstances are only the stages where this battle is being fought!

“…you shall tear down their alters, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn down their graven images with fire.” – Deut 7:5