This is Your fight

We all know that well know song sung by Phil Wickham  - Battle Belongs. We all have at least one verse that just speaks to us in explainable ways. We all face battles of our own and some days life just knocks us right off our feet. It leaves us face down and wounded. We feel helpless and unarmed.

If you think about the ancient Romans who wore their armour and stood in line ready for battle. They knew that they stood a chance and that they were confident that they would win that battle. What was it that made them so confident besides that they knew that they had the numbers? It was that they knew that they had their armour on. Blacksmiths in those days spent hours perfecting all their necessities before every battle. Some blacksmiths knew that when some soldiers would return from the battlefield that they would be badly wounded but not dead. They knew that they would have to improve their armour even more. 

If we had to compare the above mentioned to life in general, where do we begin?

Just like their armour we as Christians have to look after ourselves in the battlefield.

I want you to imagine yourself wearing new armour as you are about to step onto the battlefield.

Your heart racing with excitement and ready to face the enemy. Sword raised high, shield in position, shoes firmly on the ground, breastplate shining, belt holding everything in place and your helmet for protection. As the enemy engages you fight with heart and soul – putting everything you have on the line. With every strike that the enemy lays on you, you fight back with ten times the force. As this battle continues you start to get weary and expose your weakness towards the enemy. Back and forth this continues until you are worn out, faced down and wounded. Laying on the ground wounded and feeling helpless after that attack you know that you need to get back up in order to get help but you are just to weak to cry out for help. You know that you cannot face this battle alone anymore seeing that you have nothing left.

Can you feel every inch of what you just imagined? Can you feel yourself saying “yes” this is me on numerous occasions? If yes – I want you to imagine the next step.

As you lie there, along comes your fellow soldiers. They pick you up and carry you back and you thank them numerous times. With your head down, body wounded and damaged armor you limp up to the blacksmith. You hand all your damaged armor and just ask if he can fix it. The blacksmith can see that you have taken a real beating. He asks you to come in and to sit down. He says that you can rest as long as you need and that he will make you a brand-new set of armor. He says that he can see it was a though battle by looking at the state you are in but reminds you that you have put up a brave fright. He reminds you that you might not have won this battle but he knows that victory will soon be yours to claim.

What does this story represent you may ask?

The battle is life in general. Every situation that life throws at you

The soldier wearing the armour – This is you wearing the armour of God.

Your fellow soldiers – This is your friends in Christ that will help you in prayer and to carry you when you are weak in faith

Then finally the blacksmith – yes you guessed it, God. This is where you surrender your challenges to God when life has taken its toll on you. God sees your victory when all you see is your battle. He renews your spirit (Isaiah 40:31). He fights for you when you are weary. He gives you hope for your future 

(Jer. 29:11). God will never leave you (Hebrews 13:5). God is always with you (Joshua 1:9). 

Moral of this representation – Give all your battles to God for it’s His fight. He will fight for you

(21.10.11)