09.December.2025
There is a kind of quiet warfare that takes place inside us, a battle no one else sees yet every one of us feels. It is the battle between truth and the subtle whispers of old stories that try to pull us backward. Jesus makes it plain when He says, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Freedom does not begin with effort, it begins with truth. And truth cannot be embraced until lies are exposed.
One of the greatest traps the enemy uses is subtlety. Jesus also said the devil is “a liar and the father of it” (John 8:44). That means deception is his language, distortion is his craft, and planting thoughts is his strategy. These lies are rarely loud. They slip in through memory, emotion, comparison, and fear. They sound familiar because they often echo something we once believed about ourselves. But familiarity does not equal truth.
And this is where many believers quietly struggle: we try to ignore these thoughts, suppress them, bury them, or “stuff” them so deeply we hope they disappear. But ignored thoughts do not evaporate. They grow roots. They hide in the corners of our hearts and wait for a moment of weakness.
God does not call us to pretend, deny, or numb. He calls us to face. There is no healing in avoidance. No breakthrough in stuffing. No freedom in silence. We cannot conquer what we refuse to confront. The Lord never asks us to ignore what hurts us. He asks us to bring it into His light.
Paul reminds us that “we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11). The enemy’s schemes are predictable once we learn the pattern. He attacks identity, worth, belonging, future, and trust. He whispers, “Nothing has changed,” “This is just who you are,” “You will always struggle,” “Everyone sees your flaws,” “God is disappointed.” Lies are designed to sound like truth. But every one of them collapses under the Word.
There is a difference between memory and identity.
Memory is what happened.
Identity is who you are.
And the two are not the same.
The enemy loves to use our memory as evidence against our identity. He takes old seasons and tries to turn them into current labels. Your past is not a prophecy. Your memories are not your master. And your identity is not rooted in what you walked through but in the One who walked you out of the mess.
Scripture tells us plainly, “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood…”(Ephesians 6:12). The real battle is spiritual. The real battlefield is internal. And the real victory begins when we can name the lie instead of letting it hide unnamed in our thought life.
Sometimes identifying the lie looks like paying attention to the phrases that trigger shame or fear. Sometimes it looks like noticing the thought that steals your peace the moment it arrives. Sometimes it looks like catching the agreement we make with discouragement. And sometimes it looks like a moment of clarity when the Holy Spirit whispers, “That is not from Me.”
Let me share a moment of my own. I’ve felt the old familiar thought rise up, a thought that told me I was not enough, and somehow failing God. For years I tried to push it away. I stuffed it, ignored it, hoped it would leave. But it stayed because I never confronted it. One day the Lord stopped me and asked a simple question: “Who told you that?” The moment I answered, I realized the thought was not mine, and it was certainly not His. Naming was the beginning of breaking its power. I chose to embrace Truth, speak it, and moved in replacing the lie and then it lost its grip. Hallelujah!
Identifying the lie is not discouraging, it is liberating. It is the moment the fog lifts and clarity comes and it is where healing begins.
Today, let God bring the enemies hidden narratives into His light. Ask Him, “Lord, show me the lies I have believed.” He will. And He will show you how replace them with truth that sets your soul free.
I’d love to walk into the next post with you tomorrow. Freedom is unfolding.
Knowing Him Daily 
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