“…and that’s when I became a
warrior!”
I recently
caught this statement trending on social media. It’s no surprise why it has
caught on. With so much suffering in the world, taking on a fighting perspective
can be empowering.
No matter
what we’ve experienced in our lives, our Creator has placed within each of us a
warrior spirit. He knows full well of our challenges, setbacks, relapses, pain
and loss. He also knows of our mighty purpose as well.
And it is
precisely that reason why the warrior emerges. I’m sure you’ve heard the
phrase, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” It’s that kind of thing which
attaches itself to our every breath. It’s that thing which does not give up, no
matter how many times we feel we cannot go on.
Whatever you
have survived in your life- loss, trauma, addiction, abuse, extraordinary pain-
Elohim wants you to do something with
it, in spite of it.
“Open thy mouth for
the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of
the poor and needy.”
Proverbs 31:8-9
He wants to
turn those ashes into beauty (Isaiah 61:1-3).
But He
doesn’t stop there. He doesn’t just want you to fight for fighting’s sake. He
wants to give you the Victory as well!
Elohim wants
you to experience overcoming that enemy. He didn’t say it would be easy,
instant or painless. But He has assured us that Victory is ours.
“For whatsoever is born of Elohim overcometh the world: and
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
1 John 5:4
And that is
often what awakens the warrior within us, often, without our own awareness.
Some call it “instinct.” But again, it’s “that thing” which keeps going when
everything and everyone else tells us to give up.
“For whatsoever is born of Elohim overcometh the world: and
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
1 John 5:4
He is with us. We are not left alone to fight.
“…Thus saith the LORD unto you, ‘Be not
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but Elohim's.’”
2 Chronicles 20:15
“For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou
hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.”
Psalms 18:39
“He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was
against me: for there were many with me.”
Psalms 55:18
I’m not minimizing anything of what you have
gone through or are currently experiencing. It’s not about downplaying your
future challenges either.
Rather, it
is to encourage you, even in the midst of whatever defeat you may feel you’re
living with at this moment. Where you feel- or see- defeat and failure, our
Father sees your development, your potential and your Victory.
“...‘Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and
as I have purposed, so shall it
stand.’”
Isaiah 14:24
After all,
what is Jeremiah 29:11 all about?
“‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you... thoughts
of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.’”
He has not
been caught off guard by the battles, the losses and the painful struggles
you’ve been living. He knows. He understands all of it.
And, through
all of it, He desires your victory. He is the greatest champion of anyone this
world labels as “underdog” or “loser.” He doesn’t change His mind when it comes
to your victory.
Whatever
you’re battling right now, please know you are not the first- or the last- to
go through it. Likewise, you’re not being “punished” by The Most High. Ecclesiastes
9:11 is one of the best reality check scriptures, tackling that very
point…
“I returned, and saw
under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
What are you
going to do with YOUR “time and chance?” Will you seize the opportunity to
become a warrior concerning it?
Your victory
awaits.
Copyright © 2017 by
Sheryle Cruse
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