Greetings sisters!
I truly hope you are all standing strong in the truth of God. And may the title I gave this post be us, daily! It can be such a battle we have to get through in this life of course. But we have been given the necessary things to get through. Praise God for that. And we all face similar battles wherever we are.
So what are some things that we can be strong in and overcome with. No of course these are just a few things and by no means everything but I hope it can encourage you. (You can read more about our armour for this battle in Ephesians 6.)
"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"Ephesians 6:17
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."Hebrews 4:12
We sisters must study, know, and live the Word of God. It's a powerful weapon for us to have in our hearts, our lives, and in defending truth and reaching the lost with the gospel. You have to know what you believe in order to stand strong.
And as Jesus said...
That's what we sisters have to do...and strive until the end.
First we must have come through the right way and that is the gospel of Christ. That has been so twisted over time so please make sure you are grounded in the right foundation.
Let us come through Christ and His truth and not our own ways and not the Christian religion of our day either.
"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."
John 10:9
We have been told by God that this life of following and obeying Christ will be hard. Sisters, don't get swept away in the things of this life (entertainment, politics, media, man made religion/church etc). All those things are easy but...
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."2 Timothy 2:3-4
Let us not think we are going to have an easy life but prepare our minds to face hardship for Christ's sake.
Let us walk in the Spirit and not the flesh.
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"2 Corinthians 10:3-5
What mighty weapons we have been blessed to have available for our use!
"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, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:"1 Timothy 1:18-19
"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;"
2 Corinthians 3:5
Amen. Without the power of God to keep us we would be back in the world living in our sins.
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."
John 15:5
We can overcome in Him...but we have to do our part of course and fight to kill our flesh. You don't just sit back and relax and expect to enter the kingdom of God in the end. What a lie that so many have been told.
Let us be strong in faith in such a faithless world where so many are questioning God. But we know He will come with vengeance when it's time. And we know so many are falling back away from the faith. Let us not look at them because then we may fall back to. Let us press on and look to Christ. He is faithful and worthy.
"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."1 Timothy 6:12
Yes it's a spiritual war we are in, no doubt.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12
Did you get any picture of ease in all that? I didn't.
"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"1 Peter 2:11
"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:"1 Peter 3:15
When you realise how big of a battle we are in you know you could never do it on your own. We have a strong adversary as a roaring lion, and a sneaky "angel of light" in satan. But we know...
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."1 John 4:4
I speak to myself in this. We all have different lives but yet in the spiritual battle we face much the same.
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."1 Corinthians 10:13
No we are never to be the spiritual leaders and teachers but that doesn't ever mean we are to be weak in the battle against sin and the flesh.
Perhaps that edified and encouraged you in your walk. There's so much more to it and more I could write on; on how we can grow stronger in reaching out and sharing the gospel with those around us. Or about how we can share our lives with other sisters that we might be blessed to know and love the brethren. We can serve and bless others in ways we can. For sure we will all have to be strong in order to overcome all we must in this battle.
And in fact we can also do this...
"We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification."
Romans 15:1-2
Let us all strive to be pleasing to our Lord as strong sister soldiers in Him. May we draw strength from Him and His Word. When we are weak let us trust in Him and look to Him and His Word for our strength.
"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;"
Ephesians 3:16
And a rose for my sisters...
Love to you!
...from a fellow sister soldier
"Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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