Footholds

One of the primary ways that the enemy impacts us or influences us is in our interpretation of things.

And he said that's how the enemy gets his foot in the door, is through our interpretation of things.

And I noticed for me, as I paused and sat with that one, it kinda leapt, leapt off the page, you know, like Lectio Divina, but listening to the talk.

It kinda just leapt out at me.

And I went, "My goodness, that is so true." And then as I reflected internally, I, I, I was pretty aware of the various voices, quote, unquote, in, in your head, you know, the various things, as well as how subtle they can be.

And so the frequency with which this happens, I think for everybody, including me, was startling when, when I was given kind of a spotlight to shine right on this and just start to notice all the places.

I mean, it's as simple as driving down the road, somebody cuts you off on the...

in traffic, and I immediately, my interpretation is, "What an idiot.

This person's awful." And so if I just pause for a second, zoom out a little bit and go, uh, those are really strong words.

That's a strong reaction, and that's just somebody driving down the road, let alone everyday stuff that happens, and issues and dynamics.

So I thought, and we discussed, "Hey, let's do a f- an, an episode on footholds," this, this concept that's in the scriptures, but maybe don't-- a lot of people don't know about it.

So there's my segue.

Initial thoughts?

Yeah.

Uh, this is so...

When you brought it up, I was just like, yeah, this is so common, and it's-- I can identify with it so much in all of my relationships, work and family and outside of family.

And it's actually the way that the enemy-- I see the enemy attacking in ministry, in family, in the people that I serve.

It's just all over.

And, you know, if we wanna connect it in some way, it's also connected to the, the three levels of the wound because it's connected to beliefs.

It's like it's the, it's the early stages, the micro movements of our minds that gives way to our beliefs that whether those are judgments of others or, or lies about us or lies about God, I think it's really foundational to that whole thing.

And it's, it's taking a step back and not looking at the result, but looking at the, like, the process.

It's how do we give room to the enemy here.

Exactly.

It's this initial stuff.

You know, we talk about anatomy of the wound, we talk about these other things, and those are so primary, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to catch the early-