Yom Re-vi-i, Iyar 6, 6002 – May 3, 2017
Remembering To Fight
What is the greatest challenge we can face as believers, the greatest challenge to our walk? There may not be just one item, but possibly we can name one category. Often I have heard that that greatest challenge is various types of adversity. Truly there are some types of adversity that would challenge our faith – sickness, disease, death of a loved one, financial disaster, etc. But in times of struggle, ultimately it seems people will turn back to our Father.
Psalms 88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Even David cried out in times of struggle. The scriptures are filled with this evidence. It would seem then that adversity is not the thing that turns us away. In fact it can be adversity that turns us back to our Father. If we could know what turns us away, perhaps we could guard against it. I suggest it may be when things go well.
When life gets very good, it is easier to get caught up in the good and focus on it. It is easy for us to believe that we did it by the works of our own hands. To our original question, what turns us away are those things that allow us to forget the kingdom, that we are on a mission to advance the kingdom not just into our own lives, but also into the lives of others.
Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
As we can see, we need to remember that it is God that has delivered us unto good times, and not the work of our own hands.
We must remember to fight the good fight, to advance the kingdom.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! You alone guide us and keep us. Blessed be the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done among us. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses, and help us to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Cleanse and heal our hearts and minds. Restore right relationships among us. Restore unto Your people all the good that has been taken or held back in any way. Rise up my King, and deliver Your people while it is called today. Show us a sign for good, that all men might know that You alone have done this and that You alone are King! We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.