I am being attacked. I consider this a compliment.
On the World Race there are not one, but two journeys. The race itself, and everything leading up to it. I am still in the first.
This is war, for those of you who don't know it. In fact, every day we are in a war. Each day a battle. We have already won, I remind myself just as much as you.
I am a warrior.
Today I felt my armor crinkle and crack. I've been taking hits for days, not willing to admit it. Attempting to stay strong through my own efforts. The Enemy came at me with his friend, Doubt. He threw lies at me. Distractions. Fear. When that wasn't taking me down, then came the personal attack. It is in this very place where I am awestruck at the sovereignty of God. The things the Enemy does to take us down only create bigger platforms for God's glory. Funny how that works out.
I want to repeat what I declared over myself, because it's real, it's where I'm at, and it's where some of you are at too.
I am the LORD's.
HE has fearfully and wonderfully made me.
HE saw me, broken and covered in dust and HE accepted me as I was.
HE then made me new.
I am a daughter of the KING.
I will not be brought down, because Christ is already Victorious.
True may this be, I am weak. I fall. I fail. I break. I choose the wrong things.
Yes. It's true. The Enemy tells me that this equals defeat, and he LIES.
For it is my very weakness that shows me I am victorious. In my greatest weaknesses there Christ is greater and more powerful than you or I can imagine. This is where HE shines. My very weakness it what makes me strong.
I am chosen, I am called; because of this very thing.
God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. That's me.
That's you too.
God already knew all of my flaws when HE made me His child. He knew I would struggle with support raising when HE called me to the World Race too. HE knows exactly who I am, and HE loves me. It's me who forgets who I am sometimes. That's the work of the Enemy. I renounce the lies, in Jesus name. It's in Christ I find myself, so if I feel like I'm getting confused and lost- or like Peter on the waves, sinking- I need to set my eyes on HIM again. When you feel the same way, ask yourself where your eyes are fixed.
Remember that it only takes a blink of an eye for light to shine into the darkest places. The Enemy will do whatever it takes to distract you from putting your fingers on the light switch. Don't ignore him, declare Truth! Christ is truth. If you're struggling right now I challenge you too literally stand up and holler some truth. Declare it. Own it.
Stand up, warrior! Fight! For the battle is ours.
"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."
