Ok… back to the topic at hand! (And please read the previous week of posts if you are just now jumping into this conversation!)
Once we have taken that time to analyze and see what "breaches" we have in our lives, it's time for ACTIONS!
- Take God's Word and start writing down promises that you can claim for victory over each of the specific breaches in your life! (I already gave some promises on my May 1st entry.)
- Next begin praying and wrestling in prayer that God would give you victory over the weak points in your life!
This is not just any kind of half-hearted lazy praying that
we are talking about here. And this praying is not the type of praying you do
when rushing out the door for an appointment, or when in direct line of fire from
the enemy. (Although you should be praying then too!) But this is a time you
set apart for specific wrestling
prayer. We are fighting a very real
enemy that has attacked us in very real
and specific ways. So we must fight
back in a very real and specific manner!
As Jacob wrestled through the night, we too must wrestle
until the breaking of the day. We must hold on to God saying, “I will not let you
go until you bless me! I will not let go until you give me victory!” This is
not a presumptuous prayer. We aren’t praying for our own selfish fleshly lusts
or desires. We are praying for victory over the breaches in our life, we are
praying for spiritual fortification, we are praying to have a new heart and a
new spirit. These are things that God has promised to give us. The reason we
haven’t received victory yet is because we haven’t really been asking for it. So let us not delay any longer. Let us boldly
ask, with a persistence that will not be denied, knowing that we are praying according
to God’s will. How ever weak and faulty we may be (and we are all weak and
faulty, standing only in the blood of Christ), if we hold on with faith, we can
be assured that God will give us the victory we are praying for. It might not
come immediately. But if we persevere, like Jacob did, it will come.
“Jacob prevailed because he was
persevering and determined. His victory is an evidence of the power of
importunate prayer. All who will lay hold of God’s promises, as he did, and be
as earnest and persevering as he was, will succeed as he succeeded. Those who
are unwilling to deny self, to pray long and earnestly for His blessing, will
not obtain it. Wrestling with God – How few know what it is! How few have ever
had their souls drawn out to God with intensity of desire until ever power is on
the stretch. When waves of despair which no language can express sweep over the
suppliant, how few cling with unyielding faith to the promises of God.” Great Controversy, p. 62
Let us cling with unyielding faith to the promises of God.
Let us hold on and not let go until every brick is back in its rightful place
in our wall, and until all strongholds of the enemy are broken down. If we
don’t feel like praying, this is the
time we especially need to pray. As we keep pressing forward in faith, the feelings
will come, and soon victory will as well.
Review:
- Bible Thought: We are in a battle, but God promises victory if we hold on to Him. Like Jacob we can say, "I will not let go until you bless me!"
- Blessing: God ALWAYS promises spiritual victory. This is guaranteed. If there is sin in our lives, He will give Victory. He may not always give us what we want, but He will not allow us to be overcome by the enemy if we come seeking His help!
- Battles: To be faithful until all the "known" breaches are covered. As long as we live in a world of sin, we will keep finding new areas to pray about, but we must keep attacking those areas we know about.
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