Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Never Give In

One of the great speeches of all time was short and given by Winston Churchill. Although he was alleged to have a speech impediment, he gave an inspiring speech to a group of young people, and told them to consider those days as great days in history and to thank God for being a part of those days.

As believers we too are being given a great honor. We are granted the privilege of being a part of bringing God’s kingdom to earth. We do that through spiritual warfare. It can be an aggressive assault on darkness. But perhaps one of the greatest weapons we have is to not give in. This is one thing that Paul wrote to Timothy,

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Paul also wrote similarly to the Galatians,

Galatians 6:1, 9-10 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Paul was telling them that we all will be tempted, but not to grow weary. Don’t give in. Do good to others. If we do this we truly displace the darkness and usher in God’s light. Is that not what the aim of our spiritual warfare should be? I think it is.

Is there someone that you can do good for today? If so, in doing it, you dispel that darkness of a need they have, and you are winning the battle. You are ushering in God’s kingdom. You become a warrior for God!

Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. Help us do good to others. Help us to not grow weary. Help us to not give in to temptation, even if it is only the temptation to not help others. Help us to be a part of ushering in Your kingdom on earth. Help us to be the warriors You have created us to be. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.