Satan's Foothold

Day XCII

Reverently fear and worship the Lord, and turn entirely away from evil. Proverbs 3:7

Today's word of wisdom comes from the book of COME LORD JESUS by Thomas Kempis.


In our journey to righteousness and looking for guidance from God. These words from Thomas Kempis would help us perfect our walk towards fighting evil.


He said:


Our life on earth is warfare. What Christ offers us is peace, and a way to overcome the spirits that war against us - if we follow Him. 
On our way to victory, we will benefit if we also learn to practice VIGILANCE - that is, the discipline of keeping watch over our own soul in prayer. Like a guard on a fortress wall, I say, keep a sharp eye out for the place, people, and things that tempt you. For behind them lies our soul's great enemy. 
Satan, our enemy, never rests. He waits in quiet. He comes in pleasant guise. That is why we need to be alert so that he will not sneak up on us or deceive us...
And do not be fooled by thinking you are beyond temptation. No one is so holy he cannot be tempted, and no place is so safe that the Evil One cannot find you. As long as we are in the body we are subject to the things forbidden. If we are not drawn by one temptation, we are pulled by another. This is the state we are in, since we lost our first innocence. 
Many people try to escape temptation merely by staying away from people and places that tempt them. This is admirable and helps for a time. But in the end those who run away from temptation will fail. Why? it is because they use the wrong strategy. You cannot run from temptation. And if you fail to face the truth about the unsatisfied hunger in you, you leave Satan a foothold.
The only thing to do to defeat evil, is this: Stand your ground when temptation comes. Turn your face to the Lord and humbly surrender yourself to Him, saying, "Look at the evil desire that is in me. If you do not show me how to fill my hunger with something good, I will fall to this temptation. Help me. Show me the way of escape, and I will do whatever you say."
then patiently do what the Lord shows you to do He will help you. And you will find that evil loses its frip as you seek after what is good. 
A man or woman can run away from outward occasions for sin But if they do not deal with the hungers that gnaw at them from within, they will never even begin to win in the battle of spirit and flesh. And they will always be subject to the wiles of the evil one.