Think Again!

Chapter 4: Pillaging Schemes #1-6 • 47

You fight temporary amnesia by putting on the armor of God. Like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, you put on your clothes to show your real identity. When you know your true identity, you live according to it, making you less prone to sin and foolishness. You can focus on your duty, your contribution to his Kingdom. You may say, “All that superhero stuff is fine, but my plumbing won’t work, my spouse hates me, and my kids are failing in school. None of my circumstances make me feel like a super hero of God.” While the ordinary events of life can squash the wonder of your true identity, what you feel has nothing to do with who you are. Nothing can change what the Bible says about you. To be a super hero of God means to start with what God says, not what you feel inside. Scheme #4: Your Past Dictates Your Future Satan wants to define your identity, allowing him to frame the debate on his terms. In the movie The Matrix , the enemy agent interrogates Neo by leafing through Neo’s file. With mocking tones, he refers to Neo by his old name, “Mr. Anderson,” reminding him of his past. This is what the accuser does to us. He opens a big dossier, and slowly leafs through our past, pointing out our failures. He tries to corner us, framing the debate about our shortcomings, sins, and folly. He is often calm, portraying the past in a cool, rational, objective manner. But regardless of how the argument is framed, it is still intended to steal, kill, and destroy. There is a reason he is called the Accuser (Rev. 12.10). The truth is that you are NOT defined by your portfolio. Nothing in your past or present needs to define you: not your job, not your reputation, not your sins, not your mistakes, not