Building From Home
Charity is said to begin at home. The devil understands this. This is why when he wants to attack, he starts from the basic of your stronghold, your mind. Jesus said “the devil has searched me and found nothing in me. Just like Jesus instructed His disciples to start from Jerusalem, the centre of their nation to preach amongst their people first before spreading out to the rest of the world. Transformation starts from the inside, before it spreads to other people. If it can be stopped from spreading inside, it will be stopped from manifesting outside. The devil knows this and this is why his attacks start from within. He attacks your mind thereby distorting your thoughts which makes you to make the wrong decision. There’s a saying that goes: ”He who has no rule over his spirit is like a city whose walls is broken down”. The state of your spirit regulated your actions which decides your manifestations. Your spirit is within you. Controlling your spirit/mind is the foundation of self-control, this is why the devil hits it first.
When he wants to strike, he looks for platforms within in which he can express his mischief. When he doesn’t find any receiver within to which he can transmit, he now looks for external factors he can use.
The devil couldn’t get to Jesus that is why he used an external subject to carry out his plan. When the devil can’t get you directly, he attacks your business, family, he uses your wife, husband, children, relations etc to get to you because he couldn’t find anything in you he could use. He then hires a second party who he can use. This can be seen in the bible in the life of Daniel. The devil through the governors looked for a weakness in him that they could use against him.Like, corruption, folly, bad habit etc. When the could find no internal loophole, they now launched their offence from outside, that is through the decree they initiated.
The devils first ground of attack is inside(Your Jerusalem/your home). He infiltrates your camp, causing internal sabotage. Causing domestic terrorism. Just like a civil war weakens a nation compared to a war in which another country attacks. The external attack makes the people of the country to unite and ward of the external enemy. This in turn strengthens the unity of that nation and we know what people can achieve when they are united. It is in the same way that an internal attack weakens you while external ones strengthens you when handled properly.
Just like terrorists attack countries like USA,britain etc from the inside. So does the devil. He enjoys espionage, he spy on you looking for ways to destroy vital internal strongholds like your peace of mind, joy, health etc. When his internal operations are halted, he then launches his attacks from outside. A place he believes you have no control over.
This is why God warns us not to set our heart or store up our treasures on things on earth, things that can be destroyed, things the devil can get to. But to store it in heaven where he can’t reach it. If the devil hits the right external which your heart is on he gets you. Your heart is inside but what the heart loves can be outside/earthly. If you set your heart on things of this earth, the devil will look for that thing which you love and strike it so that he can grieve your heart which is inside. It’s like blowing a neighbours fuse box or transformer that is outside to cause a blackout inside or cutting the phone wires(Thank God for mobile phones) to cut you off from the outside world, from calling for help.
Be cautious, always watch and pray because the devil is looking for the right external action to take to get the internal reaction he desires and also internal delicate to infiltrate. Guard your heart diligently!!!
