Stand

Be self-controlled and alert. 

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 

1Peter 5:8

I have been spending time reading through the times when God won battles for the Isrealites.

It is amazing really to see that so many times they were grossly outnumbered.

So many of their leaders would be considered weak, ill-equipped, inadequate for their calling.

God always brought victory to those who kept the faith and stood firm.

They were alert to what God was saying as they faced daunting circumstances.

Our enemy is very really and his goal is to steal, kill and destroy.

His tactic is to divide and conquer.

But I will choose to stand, knowing that God is bigger, stronger and higher!

Joshua, Gideon and David's stories all showed that it is not by power or by might but by God's Spirit that we battle and overcome our enemy.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, 

against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, 

you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, 

to stand. 

Ephesians 6:12-13

Thank you Daddy that the Truth of Your Word has power.  

Please help me to be self-controlled and alert.

I will put on the full armor of God, please help me to discern Your voice, to do Your will and when I have done all You have asked me to, to stand.