All of
us go through battles. Some of them are
physical. Some of the battles are
emotional. I believe that many of them
are spiritual, and God wants us to be ready for the battle. As I think through this I am grateful for the
people who have spoken in to my life in that past few days about preparing for
what is in front of us.
Prayer
prepares us for battle. Prayer makes us
ready for what is ahead and helps us to anticipate what God is going to do or
what God is already doing. Here are some
of verses that I read through and shared with some of our folks on Thursday.
Remember that the Lord will reward each
one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free. 9
Masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Don’t threaten
them; remember, you both have the same Master in heaven, and he has no
favorites. 10 A final word: Be strong
in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put
on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all
strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood
enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against
mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly
places.
There
are more verses around those that talk about what we must do to be ready for
all our battles, spiritual or otherwise.
Battles happen. They happen every
day, yet we can rest assured that God will prepare us for the things we will
face, the good and the bad and the ugly.
Knowing
what God says makes the battles much, much easier. I heard John Bevere share this: the bigger the battle, the bigger the
victory. God allows us to see ahead
of time and to prepare. Yet many people
fail to prepare for the battles of life.
Thus they or we prepare to fail.
God
didn’t create us to fail. He made us for
His glory and for us to succeed, and we must remember that success comes with a
price. The more we are willing to
prepare and to deal with life, the more blessings we will have and
experience.
Believe
what God says about your battle. Believe
what God says about your victory.
The LORD is my strength and my song; he
has given me victory.
“Do not be afraid of them,” the LORD
said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of
them will be able to stand up to you.”
No, despite all these things,
overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
Victory
is ours. Now we prepare for the
battle. Praise God that we are not
alone!
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