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Drop Your Sword: Letting God Fight Your Battles
God is my vindicator and the lifter of my head. Learn to respond to life’s circumstances in a way that will bring you swift and sure victory, not beating the air and letting the enemy run you around in circles.
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He lets you rest while He wars for you.
You know we’ve all yelled it out many times; “That’s not fair; what about me and my rights”? Perhaps you have looked up to God with a heavy heart asking, “Why God, why”?
Let’s face it, life is full of trials, difficulties, and offenses that often leave us fighting to defend ourselves, beating the air, and running around in circles with no results. In the moment, it is often difficult to see the bigger picture and what is going on behind the scenes or the roots in the spirit realm. We have an enemy that is constantly trying to get us to act outside our position in Christ and leave us defeated.
The fact is, we are never supposed to be fighting our own battles. Jesus utterly defeated Satan once and for all in His death and resurrection and He made him a laughing stock, with no power at all over us. He is a toothless predator whose only tool is deception. There will always be trials and offenses, but victory is in their powerlessness to move you off your faith, get you sidetracked, or bring you down.
Within these pages, I share God’s plan for standing still and seeing the salvation of our God. Victory can be yours if you will drop your war-torn sword, and lean on the God who leads you beside the still waters and restores your soul.
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Victory is not always in the absence of a situation but in its powerlessness to affect you.
We win when we operate above it and know who we are- when we learn how to stand still in the knowledge that Jesus has already won for us. God gives us clear instructions about recognizing the enemy in John 10:10. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. This criterion will help us identify the situation ninety-nine percent of the time.
Believe me, when I was lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with final stage bone marrow cancer, as well as unbearable emotional pain, I knew the identity of the battle. There was no mystery as to the stealing, killing, and destroying characteristics of this situation. There are many levels of attacks from life and death, like mine was, to financial hardships, serious relationship struggles, people coming against you, and thought life challenges, just to name a few. This is common to all of us.
Many Christians are facing a mountain in their lives right now that they desperately want, and need, to be moved (let’s be honest--mountain ranges, right?). We lift our eyes to God and cry out in self-pity, “Why God, why?” I know this so well -- I have been there many times. I believe most of us have faith and our hearts are sincere before the Lord but the problem is that we are wielding the wrong sword, beating the air, and tiring ourselves out. The world says to fight for your rights and make sure you are looking after your own interests. I am sure we are all familiar with and have used the phrase, What about me; what about me!
The thing is, in God’s economy there is little room for self-focus. When it’s just woe is me; me, me, me you will not get far. In the Bible, the only sword we are told to fight with is the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. God’s ways are always opposite the world’s and will never seem to make sense to or pamper our flesh and self. My friends lay down your heavy, war-torn sword and walk with me as I cast some light through experience and success on God’s amazing plan for winning your battles. This is a book for those who have always suspected, or known, that there is more to this Christian life than just enduring trials with humility for Jesus. It is for those who, like me, would rather smash through them in a blaze of glory, triumph, and joy while leaving them in the dust. Mine is a perspective that trials are an empowerment opportunity; the joy of the end result overshadowing any temporary pain.
You, my friend, have a power position that will send the devil running for cover in utter frustration and leave you laughing hilariously. Lets begin.