Keep Fighting
You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.
Deuteronomy 3:22 (NKJV)
You have fight in you.
You have more fight in you.
You have enough fight in you.
How do I know? Because the Lord is in the battle with you.
I don't care how tired you are. I don't care how many knockdowns are on the record for you. I don't care how many times you've already had to suffer defeat. I am certain that you have more fight in you because you're not fighting by yourself. Jesus stands with you in the battle.
One of the ways the Lord teaches us to engage in battle is by trusting our faith, even when it takes us down irrational paths. What kind of irrational paths am I talking about?
Loving enemies. Using prayer as a weapon and a shield. Waiting or remaining still when other credible options are right in front of us. Remaining silent when we know our words are strong. Staying sacrificial when we thought it would be our time to live showered in blessings.
Irrational paths include building arks, wielding slings, stretching rods, walking on water, climbing Sycamore trees, and so much more.
It's the surrender to the irrational that releases discernment. You know you are progressing and maturing spiritually when your faith makes you trust the irrational. You're fighting to live better when faith starts creating options that require belief more than strength, trust more than facts, spirit more than flesh, promises more than people.
I'm not sure what irrational task the Lord has given to you, but whatever it is, obey it—because it is your path back from brokenness.
This fight you are in—this comeback from brokenness—may not look like what you imagine. It may not come when you imagine. It may not be much like you have envisioned, but you are nonetheless coming back from brokenness. You'll know it when you ask to step out of the boat. You'll know it when you stretch that rod over an expansive body of water. You'll know it when you stand in front of Pharaoh and relay God’s message.
The Lord may lead you down some irrational paths, but He is with you in the fight. So keep on fighting.
