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KISLEV 5

Protect Yourself

 

“Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the adversary.”  (Eph 6:11 CJB)

 

Computers are amazing pieces of equipment.  You may be reading this essay through the medium of the Internet, brought to you by a PC, laptop, tablet, or smart phone.  We can communicate with each other (distance is not an issue) with this modern technology, and the capabilities of computers, of so many different types and sizes, are almost limitless.

 

But they are also very vulnerable.  Enter the world of “hackers, viruses, spy-ware, mal-ware, glitches”, and much more that I do not even know anything about.  If we do not take the time, and the expense, to protect our investments, they can be severely damaged, and even destroyed, by the outside attacks that come against them.  As good stewards, we are responsible to stand guard and protect – yes, even an inanimate item as a computer – what Abba Father has trusted to our care.

 

Some people prefer one software program over another; others will recommend a combination of programs.  Perhaps a regular daily ‘cleaning’ schedule is the answer.  Whatever your particular agenda is, there is one thing that we all have in common:  it takes vigilance to keep our systems operating without problems.

 

It is the same with our spiritual lives also.  We too, are very vulnerable; agents of the adversary (spiritual hackers, viruses, spy-ware, etc.) are “roaring and searching, looking for who they can attack and devour” (1Pet 5:8).  Just as with our computers, we too need to be on a schedule where our own ‘Anti-virus program’ (the Word of our Elohim) runs continually.  The ‘anti-spyware’ (the Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit of Elohim) needs to have free access to search out the unwanted files in our lives, and then needs our total cooperation in isolating, deleting, and discarding everything that should not be there.  Only then can we know with certainty that our systems will always run the way our Creator, the El-Elyon, the most High God, designed them to do.

 

 “Because of this, put on ALL the armor of Eloah that you may be able to meet the evil one, and being prepared in everything, you may stand firm.” (Eph 6:13 HRV, emphasis mine)

 

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