Fighting Faith
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12, ESV
In the verse above the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy, giving him instructions on how to serve as a man of God. In his writings he says to Timothy, “Fight the good fight of faith.” To “fight” means that there will be some kind of conflict we must engage in and we will need to stand our ground.
Paul teaches us that as a member of the family of faith, we are going to have to fight. But before Paul tells Timothy to fight this fight, he tells him what to do in order to be equipped for the battle ahead. He says “But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness” (1 Timothy 6:11, NIV). When a soldier goes to battle he only takes the necessary equipment. Too much stuff will hinder his ability on the battlefield. We have to follow the same instructions Paul gave Timothy. On many occasions we saw Jesus beat the enemy with the Word of God. He showed us how to fight to win. He spent much time away to Himself in prayer with His Father. He regularly told the enemy that He only did what the Father had instructed Him to do.
Most of the time, the battlefield of our fight is within our own minds. Satan is always planning to tear away at our faith. That is why we have to run and move away from anything evil. We have to pursue (go after) righteousness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. We must put off the bad and armor up with the good. This will give us what we need to attack Satan in the mind. As we follow the example of Jesus, study the word of God, pray and worship Him, we keep ourselves in His presence which gives us the arsenal we need to fight the battle.
Father,
Thank you that no matter what attack comes our way you have already provided what we need. We praise you that as we sit in your presence everything we receive is all that we need to be successful in the battle. We give you glory and praise in Jesus’ name, amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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