07.26.07
Your Battle is the Lord’s
The purpose of this letter is to remind you that the battle you are facing is not yours, but God’s. If you are a child of God, you can be certain that Satan will “rage against you.”In 2 Chronicles 20, a great multitude came against God’s people. King Jehoshaphat and his people set their hearts to seek the Lord and they fasted. The king cried to the Lord a prayer that most of us have prayed at one time in our spiritual journey: “We have no might against these that come against us, neither do we know what to do; but our eyes are upon you” (20:12). “The Spirit of God came in the midst of the congregation…saying, Be not afraid nor dismayed…for the battle is not yours, but God’s” (20:14-15).Isaiah warned satanic forces, “Who have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice?…even against the Holy One of Israel” (Isaiah 37:23).God told his people, and he tells us, “The battle is not against you. It is Satan’s rage against me - against the Lord who abides in you.” God said to Satan, “I know where you abide, and where you come and go, and your rage against me” (37:28).
Where is your battle? In your marriage? Your business or job? Your finances? Your health? Does your battle get more intense day after day? If you have a heart for Jesus and a desire to cleave to him, you will face the rage of hell. But it is still not your battle.
You can end your battle quickly if you choose - by simply quitting and giving in to your fears and doubts. Satan will not bother those who give up their confidence in the Lord.
Yes, the battle is the Lord’s, but we have a part - and that is to trust and believe in the face of hopelessness and what seems to be impossibilities. “Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?” (Isaiah 40:27).
Faith demands that I turn all my problems - all my critical situations, all my fears, all my anxieties - into the hand of the Lord. When I know I have done all I can do, and I know my battle is beyond my power, I must turn it all over into his hands.
Our Lord knows the raging of Satan, and I must truly believe he will act. He will bring us through floods and fires, and put to chase all spiritual enemies. Here is God’s Word concerning what he will do: “Because of your rage against me…and it has come into my ears, therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came” (Isaiah 37:29).
If you will hold fast to your faith - trust him, rest in his promises, reject all lies of Satan coming at your mind - then expect him to come by his Spirit into your situation and bring an expected end to your particular battle. God will move heaven and earth to deliver you and make a way. The way out is to trust - trust - trust! “He makes wars to cease” (Psalm 46:9).”
This letter was written by David Wilkerson, the leader of “World Challenge”. If you would like to subscibe to his newletters please visit his website at www.worldchallenge.org.
Many times he has a great word in his “pulpit series”. Another one of his articles that I loved I have posted under this title: Whatever Happened to Repentance Preaching.
For the Truth of my King
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