FIGHT A GOOD WARFARE OF FAITH
Monday 05th September 2022.
We must understand the kind of journey we are engaged in as believers: we are on pilgrimage. This world is not our own, we are on but we are on a journey to eternity back to where we came from.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
We have an enemy that moves around like a roaring lion, opposing us from walking in fulfillment and what God has ordained for us to manifest.
Every work was finished from the foundation of the earth but our labor is to enter into what God has already finished (The rest of God) .
You need to be having a working knowledge to be able to enjoy that which Jesus did for you. However, most believers don't because they have little understanding of the reality that life is spiritual.
1 Timothy 1:18-19 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith,...
We are in an enemy territory, so let no one deceive you that you need not to fight. Much as Christ has already won the victory, we must come to that place in working knowledge and cooperation with the Holy Spirit to enter into that victory because it can never benefit us if we don't enter into it.
It will take a fight for you to manifest destiny. That is why prayer is very important because it is a means of grace through which we enforce victory alongside other ways given by the Holy Spirit in our lives (Matthew 16:13-19).
Matthew 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
This means that fresh and blood will bring you to a place of defeat; so do not allow the fresh to control you (Matthew 26:41 , John 6:63)
It takes revelation to walk into the secrets (victory) that Jesus has already purchased for us. This comes by fighting the battles of faith.
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
It is not just a walkover but a fight. That is why you are given weapons of warfare Ephesians 6:10-20
Paul was encouraging Timothy that much as he has a prophecy of God upon your life, he still had to fight a good warfare of faith.
You must sustain your belief and confidence in God because things, people, circumstances, etc will come with noise that you can't make it.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
The Christian journey is a journey of battles but you don't fight to win, you fight to enforce what has already been given to you in the spirit in form of a seed.
That is why we need to live a life of consistency and persistence as believers surrendering all to God in every moment we engage in.
Further Study
1 John 4:4 If you can get this understanding in your spirit of what you have inside you, no matter what comes from the outside you will always soar and overcome.
Hebrews 12:2 As you engage the spiritual activities amidst the pain, and undesirable conditions, you don't look up and down, side and side but you keep your focus on God.
Acts 10:31 Cornelius prayed and gave consistency to break the barrier of years to enforce the salvation of an entire nation.
STAY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED, WE LOVE YOU. PASTOR BEN OCHOLA.!
