soul hack
So, this website got hacked over a month ago and after trying to figure it out in frustration, connecting with web dev people, asking a lot of questions, getting better security, and of course paying some $, we’re back on line!
Made me think about our souls. (Are you surprised?!)
How insidious are our enemy’s ploys to gain unauthorized access to our souls when we hardly know it. We open our souls up to malware by giving in to sin, by holding onto bitterness, un-forgiveness, pride or you name it. We have no idea how far-reaching our sin is, even when it is forgiven. “God is forgiving, but sin is not” John Mark Comer
There’s a schemer intent on our destruction, so any way he can find to get in, he’ll take.
“…so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.”
2 Corinthians 2:11, NASB
The scheme Paul mentions in this verse is one of finding where there is un-forgiveness that somehow opens the door, allowing “malware” in to mess with the soul. No wonder God is so adamant, so often, about staying away from sin. It’s just bad for us, bad for those we live among, bad for our future. That’s why turning from sin is such a strategic move toward wholeness. It’s taking back the authority over evil we have as believers in Christ, who has all authority.
What area of your life is ripe for a soul hack? Maybe some extra security is in order.
We can’t “end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to” but we can take up arms against the hacker and scan our souls for malware and close the holes he’s getting through.
Take a serious walk with the Spirit through these passages to check yourselves for malware and get some extra security against the enemy!
Soul scan: Galatians 5:16-26
Soul security: Ephesians 6:10-18
“The story of your life is the story of a long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.”
Waking the Dead, John Eldredge