THE THIEF

John 10:10
The thief comes ONLY to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY,
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

The thief, Satan comes and when he comes it is only for one purpose…

Kill our lives
Destroy our souls
Steal our hearts

But he does not look like a thief when he comes knocking at the window. He looks good, really good some times. It only we could see past his disguises. Jesus can so that is why we need to let Jesus guard and lead our lives.

If we could see the damage that Satan wants to causes we would never even think about letting him in. I wish that I had known the damage I would sustain by letting the thief in. I know now the damage only through experience and years of working through the repairs.

Our life is such a precious and fragile things we have to take such careful care of it.

In proverbs there is a verse that says guard your heart with all diligence for from it flow the well springs of life.

This is no joke at all!

We use our minds to decide what we are going to do and how but it is our hearts that tell us if what we are going is in accordance with God’s will.

But there is something here that is different. Once the thief tries once he does not leave us alone. He will continue to attack until he gets in or until the day we die and are out of his reach. This perpetual guarding against the thief never stops. Once we have locked a window we have to constantly make sure that it is not coming lose. We cannot assume that it is locked and that we will never be bothered from it again.

There is warning that I have learned the hard way:
Remain vigilant on all fronts. Guard your heart because it is the center of your live. (Jesus lives there let him help you keep 24 hour security.)

Some lessons in life are best not learned through personal experience