We only have one enemy and that is the devil. He uses all manner of deceptions to pull us off course. I have continued to meditate on Colossians 1:29. I have been asking the Holy Spirit to give me the practical application for Paul’s word striving.

Jude verse 3 says, “…I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Contend means to struggle. Ah, now I have my practical application.

What attacks our faith? Doubts. Fear. Unbelief. Remember that not every thought is of our origin. The devil uses fiery dart lies to undermine and destroy our faith. James 1:8 says of one who doubts, “He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

Proverbs 14:12 and Proverbs 16:25 say, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” The suggestion may seem right, but it is the pathway to the devil’s entrapment. We need to walk in the Spirit for sharp discernment.