While I was sleeping the Holy Spirit was teaching me about battling~
A lot of battling for the Spirit or for God seems pretty straight forward, like praying in Jesus' name, but the part the Spirit was showing me was that the most important part is that even when it appears the battle is lost....keep walking out what you know to be true, or "of God"...keep walking in faith!
Faith is what will allow you to stay in God. When you keep walking in faith against all odds is when God is able to step in and turn the battle to the victory that He has ordained. Your faith is vital, not just a faith that allows you to sit still and say God will handle it...it's faith that keeps you moving forward, even if you're the only one that is still holding on.
Faith is what keeps you in partnership with God. Faith that He will move, faith that He is engaged with you, faith that you are not alone....even if it appears that you are (from a world point of view).
In our future, faith is going to be an attribute that will bring victory....our faith and God's power working together! I know faith is important now also, not just the future, but the lesson the Holy Spirit was showing me was for our future battles and victories. It was encouragement to not give up, ever! Have faith, Walk it out!
"So He did not do many miracles there because they had no faith." Matthew 13:58
And Jesus answered saying to them "Have faith in God, Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain. 'Be taken up and cast into the sea' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you all
things for which you pray and ask believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. Mark 11:22-24
Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it. Hebrews 11:1
