Do
you feel you have been knocked down by repeated blows of the enemy? I want to
encourage you today to get back up! You may have been knocked down but not
knocked out!
If you have watched a boxing match and noticed when
one of the opponents throws a punch that takes their opponent down to the
ground the referee begins to count to see if the fighter will get back in the
fight. There are times the bruised and wounded fighter stays down and the fight
is finished, and then there are times a fighter who can’t even see out of their
eyes because of the blood and swollenness gets up and back in the fight.
Perhaps you feel like the fighter who has been in a
really long match and has gone down at of sear exhaustion. You may have thought about staying down because you do not know how you
will possibly get back up and fight again with little strength.
→If you have been in a spiritual fight
for any length of time you understand battle
fatigue can happen. Battle
fatigue is fighting the same “war”
over and over again but not gaining any ground, and that becomes exhausting.
This is exactly where the enemy wants the saints-worn-out from the same fights.
→The
enemy will continue to use the same “fight” over and over hoping that you will
get so fatigued from the fight you will stop fighting.
Reflect: Are you fighting a ‘fight” you are not
supposed to fight and that is why you are worn-out? Have you been knocked down
by the repeated blows that you just might stop fighting? What do you or who do you need to let go of
and let God take over the fight?
God did not intend for us to engage in battles that we
could never overcome. If you have been fighting the same battles for years, and
you are tired from how you get defeated each time-step back and ask God, “Is this my battle or your battle?” God
does not give you battles to lose over and over again.
If you are “down for the count,” pull away from your
battles and seek the Lord. If you don’t know what to pray anymore, just sit
still before God and allow Him to speak to you. Let God refresh and restore you
in your quiet time. Allow God to bandage your wounds before you get back up and
get back in the fight. It is possible that when you seek God, He may show you
the fight that you keep fighting is not your fight and to get up and go another
way. It is also possible that you have been trained as a warrior for the
Kingdom of Christ and through the repeated trials you are not strengthened for
battle. Seek God and His stillness what He is trying to say about the repeated
battles you face.
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