In a moment of brutal honesty, I’m admitting that I have felt like giving up during the past year. The battle seemed too big, the enemy seemed too strong, and I have felt like I was drowning. I’d come up long enough to take a breath, only to have a huge wave push me under and hold me down against my will. But faith is not a feeling, and faith says God’s got my hand tight in His grip, and I know He’s going to bring me safely to shore.
And tonight I had one of those ‘God moments’ where something came a little clearer to me.
Revelation 12:10,11—“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the .”
If we overcome our enemy by the of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony, then that means we are only responsible for sharing our testimony.. because Jesus already gave His for us. And sharing the things God has already done for me? That, I can do.
II Chronicles 20:15—“Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.”
John 16:33—“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
I John 4:4—“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
I John 5:4—“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
And tonight I had one of those ‘God moments’ where something came a little clearer to me.
Revelation 12:10,11—“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the .”
If we overcome our enemy by the of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony, then that means we are only responsible for sharing our testimony.. because Jesus already gave His for us. And sharing the things God has already done for me? That, I can do.
II Chronicles 20:15—“Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.”
John 16:33—“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
I John 4:4—“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
I John 5:4—“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
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