There is an enemy of our soul out there. We are told in the scriptures that he comes to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). He wants to exploit the areas of our lives that are causing us heartache, disappointment’s, and difficulty.

His objective is to make us weary and loose heart. He is literally trying to wear us out! We see a glimpse of this in Daniel 7:25.

²⁵ And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

This scripture is speaking of the antichrist, which will be released in the earth on the last days prior to Christ’s coming. But it’s important to know that the spirit of antichrist is already lose and working towards these objectives.

Last year my wife and I took a trip to visit our son in Arizona. While there we took a trip to the Grand Canyon. It was beautiful! We flew in a little prop plane from Sedona to the Grand Canyon.

As we flew over the Canyon and saw the majestic view my heart was overtaken with awe. It was  beautiful and breathtaking.

The thing for this message I’d like to get over is, the canyon was carved by water pouring over those rocks. In time the water was able to carve a large swath in it’s path. In much the same way the events of life can wear us down.

The antichrist spirit that is loose in the world today is trying to wear God’s precious saints down and out with discouragement in the midst of various trials and hardships of life. His objective is to begin to plant seeds of apostasy so that when the time comes we will not have any faith to draw upon.

His objective is to get as many saints as possible to loose heart and faith which will lead to apostasy. He wants to take as many down with him as he possibly can. The Bible tells us we are not to be ignorant of his devices. In 2 Corinthians 2:11 it states:

 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

One of the first steps we need to take is to realize this. For knowing there is an enemy of your soul out there that is working against you is better than being hit and not knowing why.

It’s comforting to know, we can withstand Satan and his objectives. Stay tuned, to learn how. More to come in the following posts.

This message was heavily influenced by Ken Birks  kenbirks.com/outlines/overcome-difficulties.doc