Get Up and Fight

I am so tired of the devil beating up on Christians while I watch them just roll over and die. I am so sick of him winning while the kingdom of God suffers.

So I got thinking about why this keeps on happening.  Is it because we are too tired? Too worn. Or are we just ignorant of his schemes?  Do we not realize there is a spiritual battle going on? We don't struggle just because that's the way life is. We struggle because we have an enemy who will try everything in his power to distract us, to keep us from God's best for us. 

The devil doesn't play nice. He wants to destroy you. To get to you by whatever means possible. He'll use your relationships, your kids, your job, your marriage. Whatever it takes.

For too long we have tried to appease the devil and just get by instead of fighting against him as hard as he is against us with our eyes focused on the prize. The victory that was purchased for us on the cross.

We've let him wear us down. By believing his lies. By forgetting to find our strength in the shadow of the wings of the Almighty One. We've tried to defeat him in our own strength and have failed every time.

And its time to get up, dust ourselves off, and fight with every ounce of strength God provides.  To dig into God's word, training ourselves for warfare by learning our weapon (the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God).  So that we can keep fighting, gaining victory, one step at a time.

And stop letting the devil beat us.

Because as long as we roll over, the devil will keep gaining ground and the plans of God will not be fulfilled in us. 

And the fight is worth it because the victory is greater than we can even imagine. Praise God!!

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. II Corinthians 4:16-18