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You MUST have a plan to WIN the battle
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Posted by: angelofthelord
(Joshua 6:8-20)
This is one of those days that I need to use some tough love on you. So
many of you have absolutely unrealistic expectations about resolving your
problems that you need someone to tell you the truth. I hear over and over
every day people say, "God has abandoned me...He doesn't love me or how
could He make me go through this." The fact is God has never left you, God
loves you unconditionally, and you go through most of the battles in your
life because you do not have a plan to get victory!
In today's scripture, we read about the plan God gave Joshua to take the
city of Jericho. Granted, it was an unusual plan, but it was a plan given
by God that when faithfully executed, worked. When the allies stormed the
beaches of Normandy on DDay, do you think they just woke up one morning and
decided to give it a try? Absolutely not. The generals spent months
planning, looking at all the different scenarios, strategizing, coming up
with the best plan they could to win that important battle. When you face
the battles in your life each day, why do you think you can just wake up and
wish those battles would go away? That is unrealistic.
It is also unrealistic to think that God is some genie in the bottle that
you call on when you are in trouble and He will snap His fingers and make
everything perfect. The fact is, most of your battles didn't just happen
overnight, they developed over a period of time. Victory will probably not
happen overnight either, it will take place over a period of time. Let me
interject that God can do anything, and if He, in His sovereign will,
chooses to eliminate your problems overnight He CAN do that. However, that
is normally not the way God works. He will bring victory over a period of
time because in that process several things occur. You learn how to be
obedient, faithfully execute God's plan for your life, and depend upon Him.
The question becomes where do I get this plan? God gives us His plan for
victory in many ways. This is again why it becomes critical to have that
intimate daily relationship with Him. It is in that close daily contact
through prayer, the Word, that He speaks to us. In our circumstances He
speaks to us. Through the counsel of others He speaks to us. It is a
combination of all the above that helps us formulate a game plan, His plan,
to be victorious.
One important element I just mentioned was the counsel of others. God has
placed mature, Godly people in our life strategically to help us overcome
our battles. Drop your pride and reach out to the wise counsel of others.
Let them know about your struggles, ask them to help you formulate a viable
plan to see victory. Once armed with the plan God gives you, it requires
you
to be like Joshua. Faithfully and obediently follow the plan. Trust God,
put your faith in Him, He won't let you down.
I will be praying today that these
words find a fertile resting place in your hearts and minds today. Focus
today on spending time with the Lord to formulate a game plan to gain
victory over whatever battles you might be fighting today. God will give
you the plan, then it is up to you to follow the plan. There really is
victory in Jesus. He has won the victory over whatever battle you are
facing 2000 years ago on Calvary. It is time to start living your life in
that victory.
It is tough for God to use defeated soldiers to fight the battles each day.
That is why it is critical to get victory in your life, so that you can lead
others to victory. May your number one priority today be getting a plan
from God to win the battles you are facing in your life, execute that plan
faithfully, and be able to claim my personal signature scripture from 1
Corinthians 15:57 that says, "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Posted by: christythompson
Jesus
help those who have need of you to see you
In those around them and their daily lives
Teach us to be overcomers and to possess the land.