Fight a Good Fight

Hello Everyone,
Now tell me if its just me but how many in the past days, hours or even few minutes have been a part of a spiritual attack, meaning the enemy might have threw a curve ball at you after church, during church, at home, in traffic... That's been me.

And trust me nothing is fun about being beat up in a fight right? I'm sure all the 'nerdy' kids can attest to that. Well I wanted to share with you few things that YOU can do before, during and even after those attacks. Why after? Because as soon as you sit back and relax sure enough the enemy will use something else to annoy you.

I was reading my devotional and it told a true story of a boxer who delivered great knock out punches, he injured himself in both hands and was told that he would never deliver a punch to that extreme anymore so he might as well give up hope on following his dream as a fighter. He rejected those words from his doctor and his trainer and said to himself "If I can't become a champion as a [power] puncher, I'll make it as a boxer."
He increased his boxing skills and learned how to bob and weave more than how to hit and leave, he learn how to throw accurate punches more than potent ones. Before long he was fixed to fight one of the most feared boxer at the time, people ridiculed him because they saw who he was up against and he stood no chance. But lo and behold, Gene Tunney won the fight! He outboxed his opponent and became a world champion.

First thing that I learned from reading this story is whatever area I am weak in don't dwell on that, strengthen the area that is going to help me win the fight.basically, Try it another way. Many times I am on the phone with my friends and they will tell me of how they were in prayer for four hours or they will share how they wake up at 5 in the morning to pray and to be honest its a little intimidating and then I start to think "Well maybe I should do what they are doing, it seems to work for them." So I try it their way and I fail miserably and then the whole guilt cycle begins. For me is writing and reading the word out loud that's my accurate punches. What yours?

Second thing that I picked up, is he told himself that he was going to do it. No one can make you do something you don't want to do. Including winning a fight. The good thing about this fight is our enemy, Satan, is already a big fat loser. The fight is fix. The only hope the devil has is he hopes you don't one day wake up and find out who you really are because then he is through. So I know it might sound kind of weird to talk to yourself and your next door neighbor might have the local hospital on speed dial but when you are in fight you rarely do you ponder on other people's opinions.Say to yourself, "I'm not giving up, I'm standing strong on God's Word, God's promises are yea and Amen, God is not a man that He shall lie, God says he is with me always even to the ends of the earth, I trust God, I believe God." And so on. 

And the third thing is Don't Panic. I mean ask any of my friends, I could teach a class on how to worry and fret and make things more complicated, but we won't get into that right now. So in the midst of my daily battles, I use to always panic. Like OMG! panic. And I really didn't realize how silly that look to the enemy and probably to God. I have the All-Mighty on my side and the enemy has a big Loser sign on his face and I'm the one panicking? Unh Unh. Panicking just gives the enemy more leeway to mess with you, so like Joyce Meyer says, "Hold your peace".  It messes with the devil head when all hell is breaking loose and you go outside and pick some flowers whistling in the cool breeze.

I hope you got something from these few words and remember if you merely read it and don't intend to do it then it was meaningless. But when you do it that is when you begin to see breakthroughs and changes.

Be Blessed and remember God loves you and I do too :)


Pwendamyster