What is Your Achilles Heel?
January 25, 2016
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
I read a devotional this week, the source of which I do not know. But it reminded me of something important. It said, “Even mature Christians have weaknesses in their spiritual armor that make them vulnerable to a wounded attack by the enemy of their souls. Our pride can provide the very opening needed for the sharp thrust of the devil’s dart. So can the love of money, a quick temper, a critical tongue, or chronic impatience. Temptation is simply enticement to think or say something that is contrary to God’s will. Temptation could come from a weak impulse or from a powerful desire. Temptation is anything that pulls us in a direction that God would not approve of or that God would not desire for our lives. That is precisely where Satan strikes. He is the master of deceit, and he strikes us with temptation telling us that it will be okay, that God won’t mind, and that we will be fine. Remember the ancient Greeks had a story of a warrior named Achilles. His mother had been warned that he would die of a wound so she dipped him as an infant in the river Styx. That was supposed to make him invincible, but she held him by one heel, which the protective waters didn’t cover. It was through that that he received his fatal wound. An important question for each of us to ask and to know the answer to is, “What is your Achilles heel?” What is your greatest weakness? Where can you be wounded spiritually? Where are you the most vulnerable to Satan’s fiery darts? If you know where you are the most vulnerable, then you know that is where you need to put up your greatest defense, and your greatest defense is the Lord and His armor. Put on the armor of God every single day. And when the devil comes close and attacks you at your Achilles heel, because you have on the armor of God, the devil will flee.
I read a devotional this week, the source of which I do not know. But it reminded me of something important. It said, “Even mature Christians have weaknesses in their spiritual armor that make them vulnerable to a wounded attack by the enemy of their souls. Our pride can provide the very opening needed for the sharp thrust of the devil’s dart. So can the love of money, a quick temper, a critical tongue, or chronic impatience. Temptation is simply enticement to think or say something that is contrary to God’s will. Temptation could come from a weak impulse or from a powerful desire. Temptation is anything that pulls us in a direction that God would not approve of or that God would not desire for our lives. That is precisely where Satan strikes. He is the master of deceit, and he strikes us with temptation telling us that it will be okay, that God won’t mind, and that we will be fine. Remember the ancient Greeks had a story of a warrior named Achilles. His mother had been warned that he would die of a wound so she dipped him as an infant in the river Styx. That was supposed to make him invincible, but she held him by one heel, which the protective waters didn’t cover. It was through that that he received his fatal wound. An important question for each of us to ask and to know the answer to is, “What is your Achilles heel?” What is your greatest weakness? Where can you be wounded spiritually? Where are you the most vulnerable to Satan’s fiery darts? If you know where you are the most vulnerable, then you know that is where you need to put up your greatest defense, and your greatest defense is the Lord and His armor. Put on the armor of God every single day. And when the devil comes close and attacks you at your Achilles heel, because you have on the armor of God, the devil will flee.