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Will Fight For You

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - God The Father - Exodus 14:13-14 - He Will Fight For You - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God The Father – Exodus 14:13-14 – He Will Fight For You – Growing As Disciples

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:13-14 (NIV)

Be Still And Stand Firm

What do you mean by saying, “stand still?” Can’t you see everything that is swirling around me. I am in deep trouble. I need to do something. I need to take action. I can’t stand still. Why not? If I just stand still and do nothing I will be swamped by the conflict that is raging around me. Did I say do nothing? I thought so. Think again. What were my actual words? You said, stand firm and I will see the deliverance you will bring about today. Yes, I did. Does that sound like doing nothing to you? It did at first glance. It would be good for you to give my words far more attention than a passing glance. Consider deeply what I am saying to you. Take my word into your heart and mind and life. Hear my word. Put my word in practice. Will you do that? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

So what did I tell you to do? You told me to stand firm. What does that mean? It means I should trust you. I should not allow my attention to be focused on the size and nature of my battle. I should not let my battle take the focus of my heart and mind and life off of you. I should not race around trying to cover every base and fight every battle. I should watch and wait and listen for your activity. I should allow you to fight for me. I don’t need to take every matter into my own hands. I don’t need to solve every one of my own problems. You will help me. You will fight for me. Yes, I will.

I want you to think differently about your battles in life. How so? In the past you have thought that it takes great faith to fully engage in all the battles that are before you. There is some truth in that. You have not been wrong in your thinking. Now however, I want you to see that it also takes great faith to be still and stand firm. Sometimes, it takes far more faith to be still and stand firm than it does to begin to engage in a battle. I get that, I understand. Now, I want you to learn to be still and stand firm. I want you to learn to wait for me to fight for you. I want you to allow me to fight for you. Will you do that? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Heavenly Father, I will stand firm and wait to see your deliverance in and through the battles I face in life. I believe that you will fight for me and put this battle I face in my rear view mirror, never to be seen or heard from again. Amen

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Stand Your Ground

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Spiritual Warfare - Ephesians 6:13-14 - Stand Your Ground - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Spiritual Warfare – Ephesians 6:13-14 – Stand Your Ground – Growing As Disciples

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. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, Ephesians 6:13-14 (NIV)

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That’s exactly what I want to do. What do you want to do? I want to be able to stand my ground. I want to be able to stand against evil. I want to be able resist temptation. How will you be able to do that? Not with my own power and strength, that is for sure. That sounds like the voice of experience. It is. I have failed miserably trying to stand against evil and resist temptation. Why is that? I am weak. I desperately need your help. Yes, you do. Is that what you are asking for? Are you asking me to make you able to stand against evil and resist temptation? Yes, I am. That’s good. I do have a question for you. Go ahead, ask me, I’m listening.

Why do you want to stand against evil and resist temptation? That seems like an odd question, coming for you. Why is that? Don’t you want me to stand against evil and resist temptation? Yes, I most certainly do want you to stand against evil and resist temptation. But, I want to know what you want. That is a good question. Why do you think so? Well, at one time I think my heart and mind were divided. How so? If I were to be honest with you and with myself, I would say that a part of me enjoyed sinning. A part of me did not fully want to stand against evil and resist temptation. For a time it was fun to enjoy sin. It was pleasurable to give into temptation by engaging in evil. What changed your heart and mind? The pleasures of sin are for a very short time. The long term wages of sin is death. Sin and evil and temptation caught up with me. How so? I began to feel the painful sting of sin. A life that keeps on sinning becomes a bruised and battered and broken life. There is no joy in a life of giving into temptation by engaging in evil. No, there is not.  

So, the brokenness of your life is what caused you to completely change your mind about engaging in the short term pleasures of sin? No, I wouldn’t say so. What would you say? I would say that the sting of sin and the death it brought into my life got my attention. What really caused me to want to resist evil and stand against temptation was something else that I wanted. What was that? I wanted to love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. You first loved me. I wanted to love you back. I have come to want what you want. I want to live the life that you have called me to live. I want to go where you guide me. I want to do what you ask of me. I want to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. So, you are asking me to help you to put on my full armor so you can stand against evil and resist temptation, so you can be used by me as my witness in the world. That’s right. That is very good. I will hear and answer your prayer.

Lord, I cannot stand against evil and resist temptation solely with my own power and strength. If I rely solely on myself, I will certainly fail. I need your help. I will put on your full armor. I will rely on you. Make me able to stand against evil and resist temptation. Amen

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