"Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. "Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came'; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." Matt 12:43-45
Most of us know what it is like to overcome something. Some come to the faith by leaving a bottle or drugs, others bad relationships, others still, a life of crime or some other bad and destructive habit. We were saved from ourselves and our own bad decisions by the grace of God.
Many of us likewise know what it is like to continue to struggle with our past. Some, unfortunately, are overtaken and captured by that past and made to be worse off than they ever were before.
Beloved, when our lives are swept clean and we are given a fresh start, a recipe for failure is neglecting to fill the holes that were left by the destructive elements' departure. We must replace the negative with the positive, the dirty with the clean, the bad with the good. Study of the word, prayer, fellowship, worship attendance and even acting as a sponsor or mentor to someone who is going through what you have been delivered from are all great things to fill those spaces. It is those who have been tested that have the greatest testimony. Let us not allow Satan back into our lives once he has been successfully evicted.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
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