The devils strategy

THE DEVILS STRATEGY
          I have gone close to God that I know when I am beginning to go far from him. Times were when I woke up very early in the morning, and have a quality time talking and communing with God. He speaks to me on present events and also things yet unseen. He’s always a good partner to me. But suddenly, I would wake up to only mumble some words to God, to even mumble those words look so difficult and stressful. I became so close to my social media that that’s what I think of first when I wake up. I would log in to my whatsapp as if I was expecting an important message. I couldn’t go through a day without data.
         Then the realization dawned on me that I had lost something very important. I knew I had lost the joy that flows through my heart unconditionally, now I find fault in the slightest thing. I knew I had lost the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit, the sweet small voice that speaks in the early wee of the morning, the heavenly connection I feel with heaven whenever I drop on my knees to pray. I had lost the ability to tarry long in prayer for a long time. I knew my spiritual life was on the verge of collapsing.
           I then had to cry to God to bring my lost art of prayer.
Looking back at those times, I realized that the devil was behind it. He knows the best way to get Christians is through prayer, and when your prayer life crumbles, nothing is left but emptiness. He brings a sudden love for social media to take the place of prayer, a great love for sleep, tiredness, weariness and so on. And by the time he destroys the prayer wall, complains, anger, hatred, envy, self praise, jealousy, love of position, unforgiving spirit walk majestically into the heart.
Therefore, WATCH and be CAREFUL because the devil is always on the move to strike, we cannot afford to lose this battle.