Do you have border control?

3/20/2022

Recently a large part of what you hear and read in the news is about one country invading the borders of another country. This is sad news. However, we have been facing this concept for centuries. God created mankind, both male and female, in His image. Because the Bible does not state how long Adam and Eve lived in the garden before Satan invaded their spiritual boundaries, we do not know how long peace reigned on the earth.

Ever since Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, mankind has had to live in a world with both good and evil. When I look at the world around me, I see a world that appears to be more evil then good. The news reports way more bad things happening then they report good things.

The book of Revelation tells us about the “end” of the struggle between good and bad so when we read it, we realize that the good wins in the end. However, we are still struggling with the border conflict in our personal lives.

I grew up in a Christian home, in a time that adults did not use filthy language in front of children, and sin was not plastered before us as it is in today’s magazines and television. After I got married, I was shocked to overhear two men talking just outside of our truck and maybe every fourth word was not a cuss word. Ever since then I have been aware of the Border Conflict for our souls.

Are we providing ourselves and our families with the weapons that are needed to keep the devil from invading our souls? If you cannot say a solid yes, then you need to increase your border controls. By getting into the Word of God and praying more.

C.I. Wilson

Heavenly Father, thank you for providing Your Words in so many different ways, in print, on the radio, the television, and on CD’s. Show us the best way to strengthen the borders of our souls and the souls of our loved ones so that we can be the witness that you, Heavenly Father, need us to be. Amen.