Tiny Cracks!

My son is a mountain climber. Not the type that hikes up a mountain and follows a path that will eventually take him to those magnificent views at the summit but the kind that uses a rope and climbs straight up the sheer granite wall! My heart fills with panic at the thought. It really doesn’t take much for him to scale that cliff, a tiny crack in the rock will suffice for a finger or toe hold and then up he goes! Amazingly he can climb glaciers, mountain walls, and sheer rock faces using just tiny cracks and toeholds.

Paul talks about toeholds or footholds in Ephesians 4:27 as he gives advice on how to walk a Godly path, “𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙.” You see Satan does not need a pathway or a wide-open door into your life to destroy you, all he needs is a tiny crack. Like a snake or a mouse, the tiniest opening will suffice, he will squeeze his way in and make residence in your life! When we study the word foothold in Greek, we realize it literally means 𝘁𝗼𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 – those same little spaces my son uses to climb the cliffs.

When that little bit of doubt seeps into your mind, doubt that the Word of God is true, that it is living or active, the enemy sees a foothold. He will use that to begin to destroy your faith. When skepticism or cynicism take root in your heart the enemy will start a campaign to obliterate your conviction. It doesn’t have to be the big things, your recognition that Jesus is the Son of God or even that your Abba Father loves you with an unending love, just the little ones, doubt, fear, unbelief. Even social media can be that toehold giving the enemy opportunity to take over your time!

Peter tells us to “𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚! 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣. 𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩.”(1 Peter 5:8) He knew that the enemy is not about to give you a break, he’s not about to go on vacation, we need to be aware that he is working against us looking for footholds and opportunity.

Today let’s open the door to the Holy Spirit, allow him to fill every space, take every available crack and seal them closed. Give him your doubt and unbelief, your fear, and your anxiety. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞! 💕🦋