Day 36: Smaller than Sand

You know when you have sneakers on and you get a tiny rock stuck inside your shoe? It feels like a large pebble and it just gnaws away at your attention like an annoying pain that you can't forget about. The only way to handle it is to get rid of it, which usually involves stopping mid-stride to take off your shoe and dump that pesky thing! This is the only solution to getting rid of the problem, and you'll be driven crazy until you take care of it. These little rocks seem to find their ways into my running shoes oh too often.

This morning my mom and I enjoyed an 11 mile run and were discussing the root of fear and doubts which come from satan. I was expressing a lie satan had been feeding me about my upcoming pageant and she pointed to the sand and rock alongside the road we were running down and said "just remember, the Bible says satan's power is smaller than a speck of sand."

That visual put things into perspective for me. Sometimes it can seem as though satan's lies he feeds us of doubt, fear, and insecurity are consuming and limiting. Just like a rock in our shoe, they are all we can concentrate on. They consume our attention and energy. But really, the power satan has is no bigger than the little rocks or specks of sand in comparison to the power of the Lord! Its time to shift our attention away from the degrading lies and on to the magnificent, limitless, undefinable power of the God we call friend, father, and protector.

Exodus 15:6 says "Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Lord, smashes the enemy." 


I love the use of the word smashes. It doesn't read pushed away, brushed aside, or disregarded, but smashed! Completely destroyed, obliterated, and gone without a trace. Remember how there is only one way to remove the annoying rock in your shoe? The same way the Lord deals with the enemy. This power is available to us by using our weapon, the Word of God, to refute the lies the enemy whispers. In my small group we play a little game we've dubbed "satan stompers." We make up common lies the enemy targets young, single women with and when its our turn, we tell the lie to someone as if we were satan. They respond to the lie with a Bible verse that addresses the issue and smashes the lie to pieces. Not only is this effective, it is how we were meant to use the Bible--as a tool to smash out the enemy and utilize the power we have as children of God.

An example of how we play the "game"--
Lie: Rachel, why do you try so hard to be successful? You should know you're never going to be good enough to get what you want. Might as well just give in and settle. You're not meant to be anything more than average.

My response: "No. God says He has great plans to prosper me--not to harm me--and He gives me hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

Nothing will smash the lies you're fed faster and more effectively than God's word. So use it! After all, it is much better to walk through life without pesky rocks in your shoes!