“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.” Romans 1:18-19

“Yer an idiot!” I couldn’t believe he’d said that to me! Immediately my hackles went up as I prepared to fight. Which astonished me, because I’d only been through this with this same guy at LEAST a gazillion times! So much so that, I finally just gave a sigh and dropped my fists. Having both won AND lost this battle before, I simply gave up the fight with me and asked, “what’s the point?”

It had been a good day too! There was no reason for battle or stress. I was reasonably content and wasn’t looking for something different or new. But there it was! The invitation to war. And while there were other people around me, no one else heard the shots fired… EXCEPT me. Thinking about it then, as I do now, it is the silent, stinky, deadly war that goes on inside of me… every single day!

It’s not like I don’t have a host of allies on each side! Being agathokakological, meaning consisting of both good and evil, my good side has lots of friends, and even in high places! But my bad side has history and appeal! And while NONE of that history EVER ends up well, underneath there lurks the lure of pleasure and self-gratification that, for right now, appeals to my what… BOREDOM?

Oh how I wish I could get rid of ME once and for all! Because DAILY, I feel like Paul when he diatribed against himself in Romans 7, “O wretched man that I am… who will rescue me from this body of death!” But “The Point,” God reminds me, is JESUS… Him IN me, for this very purpose! As crazy as it sounds, I was MADE for WAR! That I turned myself against myself is a tragedy the enemy loves.

So I go to, or remind myself, of God’s Words of promise to always be with me. That no enemy can or will separate me from Him ( Romans 8) and that WE, (God and I) WILL ultimately win the victory, which WILL be eternal. But today? Well… today that creep just fired off another volley and needs to be dealt with AGAIN! Besides, I can see YOU are already too busy with YOURself to pay me any mind!

Are YOU beating up your creepy self? Or is the creep beating up YOU? This, being a tag team sport, is the time to tag Jesus. It’s up to YOU… the saved one!