Fighting

Stop fighting the fight that Jesus has already won!!  In other words, stop battling and striving to do what Jesus has already accomplished in you if you have already been born-again.  Shake off the heavy chains that have bound you, for in Christ you have been set free.  Fight the good fight of faith and resist the devil and he will flee from you.  If you are truly born again you have the power of the Holy Spirit in your life and there is no greater power than that. Stand up and be an overcomer and stop making excuses for your actions.  Call sin what God calls it, sin, and repent, which means turn in the other direction and forsake your sin and ask the good Lord to forgive you.

Take inventory of the things you have in your house and get rid of the things that cause you to stumble and fall back into your old lifestyle.  If your old friends are dragging you down then it is time to find new friends, if it’s worldly influence, stop conforming to it.  Stop making up things as a way to get around the sins that you have committed.  Also stop blaming everyone else or saying you made a mistake, or something to that effect, and just own up to it.  You will never get set free unless you admit what you have done and take the blame for it.  Jesus came to give us life because we were dead in our sins and iniquities, yes we were dead spiritually and the Holy Spirit quickened us and made us alive spiritually.  Jesus came and paid the penalty for our sins by allowing himself to be crucified and by shedding His precious blood on our behalf and for all who will truly trust in Him.

Then think of this, how much do you really hate sin knowing that every time you sin you hurt God who is so holy that He cannot even look at sin?  When we learn to hate sin as the Lord hates sin, we will be much more careful of temptation and flee from it far more often and do our best to try to honor God!!  None of us have an excuse to fall into sin because God has provided a way out that we may be able to bear it.

Read what it says in 1 Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

Take note as I am typing this I am saying we, because this pertains to me also and I need a reminder to get with it and get it right also.  This is what the footnotes in my Bible says:  “In a culture filled with moral depravity and pressures, Paul gave strong encouragement to the Corinthians about temptation. He said (1) wrong desires and temptations happen to everyone so don’t feel you have been singled out; (2) others have resisted temptation and so can you; (3) any temptation can be resisted because God will help you resist it.  God helps you resist temptation by helping you: (1) Recognize those people and situations that give you trouble; (2) run from anything you know is wrong; (3) choose to do only what is right; (4) pray for God’s help, and (5) seek friends who will help you when you are tempted.  Running from a tempting situation is your first step to victory. (See 2 Timothy 2:22, “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”)

There is victory in Jesus when we press into Him and seek His face and His strength in prayer.  So let’s claim that victory and be overcomers in Him and fight the good fight of faith!!  Something to think about!  May you have a super day!  May the good Lord bless you and yours!!  Don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord!!