Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It’s a new day of a new week and it began at sunrise for me in the presence of the Most High God. I’m anxious to meet with Him for lots of reasons on any given day, but THIS morning I met with Him after a night of troubling dreams, and since I know that those dreams came through a blind spot in my subconscious mind, this morning we were doing some House Cleaning within me. The Bible says: “Do not give the devil a foothold” so when I see a red flag – a sneaky way the enemy is attempting to “torment” me, I get busy cleaning house! I cast all my cares on the One Who “scattered the stars in the sky and knows them each by name”! I don’t have absolute control over everything in my Life, but I do have control over what I allow to take up space in my mind whether I realize those thoughts exist or not. So, this morning I gave it to the Most High God and I filled myself up with Him and His Word. Today I’ll fight the Good Fight the way my Savior did…I’ll be quoting Truth in the face of my enemy, and when I do, I’ll override the schemes the evil one is using to discourage or defeat me. I know how to Fight and I Know how to win. Isn’t that what you do to Overcome too?

I have lots of dreams about the future in my waking hours, but I don’t usually remember a dream that passes through my mind in my slumber. For me to remember a dream, it has to instill enough emotion within me to wake me up. Once in a while, it’s something so odd or so funny that my own laughter will jar me awake. But every once in a LONG while I’ll wake up in tears over whatever I was dreaming about, and that’s what happened to me in the wee hours of this new day. Years ago I had a dream that war was raging over my soul…the war between Good and evil and it was terrifying. I could sense Peace and Protection on one side and I was reaching up to my Savior and calling His name, but there was also darkness and evil on the other side that was so frightening it’s impossible to describe. I didn’t stop reaching for my Life Line for one second, but the evil one was threatening to consume me, and it was fear and trembling that woke me up that night. I’ll never know if I was given a glimpse of the non-stop Spiritual war that takes place in the heavenly realms that night, OR if it was my own subconscious mind playing out the Choice that we all need to make that will determine our Future. Either way, to the Throne of God I went and I got busy equipping myself to do warfare of my own. I have been Hard-Wired to Fight back and win! So, I made sure to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ”. The condition of my mind has a direct impact on the condition of my Heart, so when I see that a little work is needed I get busy doing my Part.

Psalm 16:7 says “I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me” so I’m confident there is Heavenly business going on when I sleep. I know that the King of kings is on Watch 24/7 and that God NEVER leaves His Throne. I know that we Win the battle against Good and evil and that one day “EVERY knee will bow and EVERY tongue confess that He is Lord”. But I also know that my journey isn’t supposed to be just a walk in the park. It takes HARD work to run this Race if we want to Win. It takes work on the Heart, work on the mind, and an understanding of how the two are tied together. My body finds its rest, but my mind never sleeps. So if I want to be sure to stay away from those subconscious thoughts within me that can ruin a perfectly good night’s sleep then I have to do my part to fill me up with Good in every way…every day..

How about you?