The Battle is Now!

Five years ago I found a passion buried deep within me, and at the same time I found someone to help me express and act upon that passion. Coinciding with my passion was an equal power brewing and it acted quicker than me. Once I began my journey, Satan had already found a strong hold in areas out of my control and used them to tear down my tower of courage and strength. One by one they fell.

A year after it all began, it was over. I lost my passion, my courage, my strength, and my vision. I limped off the battle field never to return: or so I thought.

Five years since, my heart has grown; my faith has been rebuilt and buffeted with, not my strength, but my captain’s, my leader’s, my friend’s, Christ’s strength. The towers that I built and lost, my God helped me walk around the ruins and pick up each brick. He followed me around the battered foundation that He preserved and helped mortar the bricks that rebuilt my towers of courage: fortified by God’s Word and power.

I stand now at the door of tomorrow: but before tomorrow comes, today must be made real. And what is real about today is that it is not just any day: it is a day that a battle is being fought. This is not a metaphor and this is not an example. Wake up from whatever stupor you are in and listen to my words. You are not just a person, you are not just a man or woman that is living on this planet. You are here for a reason, but like a frog in cold water, you have been boiled into apathy and lethargy, frightened by a real challenge and scared of what is real. This ,my friend, is your wake up call.

Every day we sit still and do nothing, more lives are lost and more ground is taken by Satan. He has a plan, he has soldiers, he has motivation, and he knows at least one person who will not get in his way, you. If we don’t act now, we will lose this war. He has sifted the hearts of man and destroyed all he can. He has taken the hearts of your son, your daughter, your mom, and your dad. We are a city broken by him. So now, now we are at a decision. Do we let him take them and then us, or do we fight. Fight not for ourselves, but for our God who has won us the victory: a victory we have yet to claim.

First Corinthians 15:58 says, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” In other words, “my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” Ask your self are you any of these? Do we really see what we are living as a battle? Do we really see the blast from the last blow that is hurtling us backwards, or are we so lost in this that we didn’t even feel it happen?

This is real and this is now. I go forth to evangelize an entire country. Not in my power, but in Christ’s. I am acting here, and I am acting now. Are you acting now? Are you acting here? If you are not, why? Respond to this question speaking straight to the face of the God that died for you. Answer honestly.

Your God is steadfast, strong, and ready for battle…are you?