First and foremost, I want to thank David Miller and brother "Stranger" (although I would like to know you more personally) for your encouragements. I appreciate it very much, especially what brother Stranger said about "do not look at the numbers thru your eyes, but thru God's eyes". And coupled with David's comments, it made me think that writing this blog is like doing a MLH (Multi Level Harvesting) :p One might have come and read, and do no more. Yet another might have come, read, and passed it on to more people. Both of them would add the same, one point to my counter, but the second may add more to God's counter, which I will see when I come "Home"...

And now... today's discussion is about a "Mind Breach". I don't know why I like it so much to use a castle in my analogies, maybe because I thought of Him as King. Well, do you know that just a small hole in the castle wall can lead to a total breach of that section of the wall? It's the same with us and sin. We have been covered and protected by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. But sometimes, when temptation comes, we let it in, in small parts first, but in the end it will breach our minds and make us fall. Such is sin's nature: subtle at first, devastating in the end.

There are some steps which can help you fight off sin, according to my personal experience:

1. Identify Your Weakness
Know best what sin will most likely bring you down, as the enemy will use that most oftenly to attack you. It's not hard to find it, but it's hard to acknowledge it and put down our shame to say "Yes, this is where I fall the most". If you know what your weakness sin is, when it comes, there'll be a red halo sign warning you on your mind =)

2. Don't Even Think About It
Yes, when it comes, don't even think about it. Sing psalms, sing hymns, pray, read the Bible, anything to raise up your barrier of protection and turn your mind from sin to God. Why is this necessary? Because the enemy comes at times when you are really in a state where you will be easily defeated. When he comes, he really ensures that he will give you "an offer you can't reject". What could be more tempting than bread for the Son of Man who have fasted for 40 days in the desert? What could be more devastating for Abraham than losing Sarah in Egypt?

3. Beware The Chain Reaction
Don't even think about it also means don't go near it. Maybe you have a weakness in lustful desires like me, and then you decided to look at a women's swimwear/lingeries show on TV, thinking "okay, at least it's not porn". But at that time, you are actually making room for a small hole in the wall. After watching that show, your desires will get pumped more and more to the limit, to the point where you cannot hold it anymore not to look at porn. That's when the small hole in the wall will turn into a total breach and destroy your spiritual barrier. Devil wins, you lose.

The important thing though, is that the steps above are not a "100% guaranteed to work magical solution". It will provide you with ways from falling into the sin, but what exact way can I give you to prevent you from "taking a small peek at sin"? It's the problem we're facing and it's why the Bible says that we can't fight sin on our own, not without God. We may be able to avoid falling right into the depth of the sin, but the most of us won't be able to survive the quicksand that will pull us slowly, slowly down, until without we're realizing it, we're at the bottom.




••• Friday, December 12, 2003 •••