After a series of events this week I woke up with a word from the Lord. He is asking you “Who’s calling?” I was on the phone the other evening with a friend. I knew this person on the other side of the phone. However, often we rarely look, ask, or investigate who’s calling me? When we hear a word or a thought pops in our head we accept it as “oh I know this person.” We don’t ask ourselves “who is it? who’s there?” We often just answer. We let the lies in. After my conversation with my friend, it was so apparent to me the risk we put ourselves in by doing this. We open doors, sometimes bigger than we even realize.

So, ask yourself “Who’s calling?” the next time you get a thought. Is it from God? Yourself? Or the enemy? Often times the enemy sneaks in our thoughts. At first so subtly we think it’s ourselves. Soon these lies grow deep roots and infiltrate our identity. We aren’t asking who’s there. We simply let the enemy waltz right in.

Who’s calling? We need to be asking the Holy Spirit for discernment. He is is our caller ID. When an unchecked thought comes in we need to turn to Him and ask “Is this from you God?” And well if it’s not Him and it’s not you most certainly it’s the enemy. 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” We need to cast down and bind those lies. Like I said before I realized the severity of letting unchecked thoughts in while talking with my friend. When we begin to let these lies take root and our emotions rule dictating how we live we become imprisoned.

Most of us until it’s pointed out are unaware of this sin. We need to ask ourselves truthfully am I following Jesus? Do my thoughts and the words I speak glorify Him? If not something is wrong. We need to seek Him for direction on what may be an open door in our lives. It starts with a thought. That subtle deceptive lie. If it goes unchecked it can spiral out of control pushing you farther from God’s light deeper into the darkness. So subtle you don’t even know. So, we must ask ourselves. “Who’s calling?” Who is on the other side of the line?

ps… Remember You are Fearfully Made

xoxo Taylor Nicole