”An enemy has pursued my soul.”

For the enemy has pursued my soul;

he has crushed my life to the ground. —Psalm 143:3

Major General George Picket is best remembered for "Pickett's Charge," his disastrous assault on Union positions on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. Years later, when asked why his charge failed Pickett drawled, "Well, I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it."

I must remember that thought when I fall. Satan and his minions had something to do with it. ”An enemy has pursued my soul. He has crushed me to the ground.” 

It comforts me to remember that any loss is but one loss in a battle that has already been won. God will never give up on me until He has destroyed “all the adversaries of my soul” (Psalm 143:12).

It's good to know that I'm worth fighting for. 

The devil, the world and God all wish to enter me,

Of what great lineage my old heart must be. —Angelus Silesius

David

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