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Guarding Your
Heart Against Sample
Unwanted
Invaders
DAY 5 OF 6
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R - Renew your mind
Once we are armed with the truth
and His perspective, we need to
make it our perspective by renewing
our mind, one thought at a time, one
day at a time, and one situation at a
time. And when the battle for our
heart is intense, we must remind
ourselves of His truth one moment
at a time!
This constant replacing of our
thoughts with His truth is how we
ultimately guard, or keep watch over,
our hearts.
Three simple questions for us to ask,
as David did, that will settle our
hearts and give us proper
perspective as it relates to God,
other believers, and ourselves,
whether we are facing unwelcome
invaders due to difficult situations,
difficult people, or deceptive lies are
the following:
1) “Who is like you, Lord?” (Psalm
35:10)
2) “Who is like your people?” (2
Samuel 7:23)
3) “Who am I?” (2 Samuel 7:18)
In Psalm 35, David was surrounded
by those who opposed him. His
enemies had tried to trip him up and
entrap him. Instead of lashing out,
however, David lifted up his voice.
He said, “My whole being will
exclaim, ‘Who is like you, Lord?'”
Regardless of what we may be
facing today, let us first and
foremost ask, with David, “Who is
like the Lord?” In doing so, David
reminded himself of who his God
truly was – how great and powerful
in deed, able and willing to save,
near and aware of all that was taking
place both around him and to him.
That God is my God! That God is
your God! There is none like Him.
Conversely, in 2 Samuel 7, David was
no longer surrounded by enemies
but rather was now “settled in his
palace” as the Lord had “given him
rest.” David’s desire turned to that of
building a “house” for the Lord to
dwell in. However, that was not the
Lord’s plan and as the Lord, through
Nathan, described in detail the plan
He DID have for David and David’s
family, we read, “Then King David
went in and sat before the Lord and
prayed…”
The first response David had was,
“Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what
is my family, that you have brought
me this far?” David was in awe of
the merciful plan of God. While it
was not HIS original plan or request,
it was GOD’S plan. You see, David’s
plan was to do something FOR God.
God, instead, showed David what
HE would do for him.
Likewise, when we meditate upon
and mull over all that the Lord has
done for us and His saving grace,
limitless mercy, unfailing love and
faithfulness, we can’t help but
respond as David did: Who am I,
Lord, to be so highly favored? This
will surely humble the proudest of
hearts (one end of the spectrum of
unwanted invaders, causing us to be
full of pride) as well as lift up the
despondent (the other end of the
spectrum of unwanted invaders,
causing us to be without hope).
Finally, as David expressed in Psalm
35, “Who is like you, Lord?” we see
David again in awe of Him in 2
Samuel when he declared, “There is
no one like you!” immediately
followed by, “And who is like your
people?”
David was not only in awe of God
and the grace he had personally
received, but he was also in awe of
God’s redemptive plan for His
people: people He had redeemed
from slavery to be His very own, a
people through whom He planned
to make His name great.
And isn’t that His plan for His people
today? (See 1 Peter 2:9-10)
That brother, that sister, yes, THAT
one – is God’s special possession,
whom He has created, chosen, and
redeemed.
Three simple – yet powerful –
questions to keep in mind when
facing unwelcome heart-invaders
due to difficult circumstances,
difficult people, or deceptive lies
are:
Who is like the Lord? Who is like His
people? Who am I?
Scripture
Romans 12:2
Psalms 35:10
2 Samuel 7:23
2 Samuel 7:18
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