2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Divisive might not be the perfect description for this devotional. While listening to a brother in the Lord speak to a group of men this word kept coming into focus in my mind. The talk was about identity, specifically our identity in Christ.

Divisive is defined as tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people. As I read Paul’s warning to us in Romans 7, there are two forces within me that pull at me for their attention. In this there is the potential for hostility between the spirit and flesh. The spirit identifies me as being in Christ. I find my purpose, passion and progress in Christ. I find in my flesh the memory of sin, pleasures and the ability to hear all the lies that tell me I am not worthy of being in Christ. So much of what I went through when I first came to Christ put that glorious light upon sin in my life that I might die to sin.

Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Since Jesus Christ is the Light of the World, the single eye, looking upon Jesus, my body is full of light. Satan, our enemy would have us look inward, at self, and in so doing focus on the old dead flesh. Satan can only resurrect dead things in darkness.

Psalm 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.