Fight

Saints, we are entering a season for the next several weeks of the summer where we really need to be on Spiritual Alert. We have seen the activity of the Enemy throughout our country and throughout our world over the last several weeks and months. Rampant killings, shootings, murder and violence. Needless to say, none of this is of God, all of this is of the devil. That being said, I believe that the attacks, in addition to remaining on a collective level, are now going to be manifested more individually. Satan's going to try to do what he does, "steal, kill and destroy" (John 10). However, as believers in Christ, we know that Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world (1John 4). Yet and still, even with this understanding, if we're going to operate in Victory and defeat the wiles of the devil, we're going to have to Fight.

The Bible says to fight the good fight of faith (1Timothy 6). Some of the situations and circumstances for which some of us are about to encounter are going to require that you Fight the Good Fight of Faith. Satan's going to try to knock you out and knock you down. Things may happen to certain family members and loved ones. Something unexpectedly may happen with your finances that can temporarily mess you up. Something may happen relationally where it seemed like everything was "going smoothly" and then all of a sudden the bottom just seems start falling out. I'm not "prophesying" any of this; I'm saying that based upon the current activity of the Evil One, we need to be prepared. If, God forbid, something does happen to knock you off your block, the correct response is not frustration. The correct response is not anger. The correct response is not resignation and depression. The correct response is to Fight. Fight your way through the depression. Fight your way through the pain. Fight your way through the disappointment. Fight! Don't give up and don't give in, Fight.

The Bible says that Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. If you're going to Fight through whatever the devil may send your way, you're going to have to do it by Faith. This is not something you want to try to work through or resolve within your own strength. You need the Strength of the Lord. In order to get the type of strength required to Fight the Fight of Faith, you need to be in the Word of God. Get into the Word of God. Read the Bible, read the scriptures, everyday. The only way you're going to make it successfully and prosperously is to know what God is saying and to heed the Word of the Lord. This is not just restricted to the written Word of God. Some of you have already received a prophetic word that has given you strategies for how to deal with the devil's attacks. Do what God is telling you to do! Get out of all this "analytical approach" to the prophetic Word of God. If you know that you're dealing with an anointed prophet of God, particularly one that has a track record in your life for accurately relaying to you what "thus saith the Lord", then do what the Lord is prophetically telling you to do. For those who have been a recipient of a prophetic word on more than one occasion and, for whatever reason, have failed to heed the prophetic instruction given to you by the Lord, I ask you this question: aren't you tired of losing? When you fail to heed and follow prophetic instructions, you're going to Lose. Now is not the time to be a spiritual loser when Victory is so available.

Fight saints, that's all I can say, Fight. For some it won't be easy, and for others the attacks may seem more severe and intense than others. But remember the Word of the Lord, "and this is the Victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1John 5). God has already secured for us the Victory, but if you want to receive it and walk in it, you have to Fight.