Stink Bombs 08/25/2010
 
Stink Bombs

Walk in the Holy Spirit, and don’t let Satan, your flesh, or the world initiate a lingering "Stink Bomb" in your life. Oh yes, since we live on earth, there will be "Stink Bombs" large and small, but the Lord always delivers those who believe. There is a GREAT reason that the Lord says "11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." SCHEMES, the Devil certainly has, and you need to be aware of what they are, but more you need to put on that armor. There is a line from Star Wars where the young Obi Wan Kenobi chastises his padawan learner Anakin for dropping his light saber, saying "hold on to this saber for it is your life". It’s understood from the dialogue that dropping his light saber or protection is something he often does. We often lose track of the armor that God has given us too, and it is clear from the scripture that God wants us to use every bit of it, the full armor of God to stand the schemes of the Devil. You must know God loves you dearly, and has given you everything to endure the attack of Satan and his schemes.


How many people know for sure that if an enemy does not have to go into battle with you directly, or has methods of defeating you without being present, they will certainly take full advantage. Nazi Germany conducted propaganda campaigns of misinformation to confuse soldiers. The Trojan horse, was a way to gain access inside a fortress wall. Booby traps and the like, were ways of wounding enemies so they would have to spend more time caring for wounded than fighting, thus taking twice the fighting force away from the mission. When I was in junior high school, "stink bombs" were made from the very popular and ever plentiful US Government pens. A stink bomb could be detonated, and no one would know the perpetrator or where it came from, but it’s affects lingered for a while. Students got the word around the school, "someone let off a stink bomb in Ms Coyne’s class...". A stink bomb has  a lingering affect. It smells and people talk about it for a while.


Today, I got hit by one of Satan’s STINK BOMBS on the bus home, the kind that was time released; the kind where the stinker got away. This stinker was a brother in Christ, but he seemed like a self exalting gong, or fresh from Satan’s temp service. Here’s a sample account of the loud stinking public delivery.


Stinker: "hey brother, I remember when I was a overweight as you, then I lost 40 kg"


Stinkee: "Yes, I remember you telling me this every time you see me brother...no need to tell a fat man he’s fat ok


"Stinker: I’m just telling you (LOUDLY IN FRONT OF ALL THE NON BELIEVERS ON A PUBLIC BUS) in agape love, because I love you brother (at the same time he pronounces death on me from all the symptoms he’s afraid of)


In my mind, I’m thinking, brother you don’t know me. You don’t know me well enough to attract attention to me on this bus. You just verbally assaulted me in public, letting all the Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhist come to the conclusion that Christians are a crazy lot, with no respect for each other. You could have said, hey brother, you want to get a coffee or something, I’d like to speak with you concerning your health. I thought that I might just bury this little irritation, but it just kept on getting more stinky.
 

The stinker really went into self exaltation mode, by mentioning how he fasted for eight months, and the end of the world was in two weeks, and that I should be able to see the Holy Spirit in his eyes, and blah blah blah. The only thing I could see in his eyes were cataracts. He was claiming prowess in praying for people to lose weight. I most certainly would thank the Lord for healing his cataracts too, but I got the feeling that he had no need of prayer, and that some how he had arrived in Christ, because every time I asked him a question he answered with another great thing to say about himself, and nothing really about Jesus or the Father. He may not even know that I’m already a Christian, because he never got around to hearing anything about me. Perhaps I missed the chapter and verse in the word of God where it’s said that being overweight is the greatest sign of the unholy. What exact weight do you have to be to accept the Lords love for you, and learn to love him back anyway?


Well, that stinker dropped his bomb and went on his way to Saturday evening church, and I went back home, but his stink was still on me. That dude was gone, and I was still having words with him, in my house all alone. What just happened to me, I wondered, then I realized Satan just used that guy to drop a STINK BOMB on me. Not only did that guys STINK BOMB smell, but it was making me stink to myself too. It smelled like condemnation! I got a hold of my heart, a hold of my armor, and a hold of the situation. I began to wonder why I was vulnerable, and then I realized that I should have called on the Holy Spirit for wisdom to speak to this brother right at that antagonizing moment, but my flesh was trying to handle it. The bus was crowded, I was carrying two guitars, a backpack, and my sons tennis shoes. My fare card didn’t work so I had to push back to the front of the bus to pay 90 cents, and then the very first thing the stink bomb guy has to say to me is, "why are you still fat?"  I was set up for the STINK BOMB. This may seem like oh but a very small issue concerning weight loss, but it’s an issue of the Spirit. We are to stand against Satan’s schemes, donning the articles of our armor, whether in an matter of a brother being a jerk, or issue of demons and principalities trying to rule a situation. Jesus in us through the Holy Spirit is the hero of every situation; the battle still belongs to the Lord.                       


 The stink bomb went on past it’s expected life span, but it could have been disarmed before it went off, by me being ready and clad in the armor of God. We should always think of ourselves as vessels for the living God who brings light and abundant life to everything. It’s simple, the more Word of God you put into your temple, the temple of the Holy Spirit, the Holy of Holies, The Lamp God lights, the more the thieves and robbers find no where they can hide in the shadows.  Jesus light illuminates and exposes them, and just like in heaven, "there was found no place for them", the rebellious spirits that followed Satan.  The Light shines in darkness but the darkness has not understood it. Hallelujah!!!
 


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