Originally published Friday, 14 April 2017.
Life, no doubt, lives like war. Daily, we wake, and don't know what attack might come our way. We don't know if we might get that phone call, if our small health issue may turn into a big problem or if we may hit a relational snag that leaves us knot-tied for weeks.
We wake up. Usually, we blindly head into it.
I don't know about you, but a lot of days, I feel like I wake vulnerable, open for attack and easily knocked down. The battles move so fast, some days, it is hard to get ahead of them. It is hard be one step faster or to create a battle plan, especially when you don't know what is coming.
But, lately, I've been thinking much about moving from defensive faith to offensive faith. I think the stance makes all the difference.
A defensive faith stance is:
- Waking and going through the motions
- Reading God's Word in the morning then going into the day
- Praying when troubles hit
- Asking people to help you when you are in a serious ditch
- Acknowledging God when something really great happens in your life
An offensive faith stance is:
- Waking and proclaiming God's truths over your life (God is with me, for me, above me, before me...)
- Moving God's word from your head to your heart by dwelling on it throughout the day
- Praying perpetually, in the car, in your house, in your free time.
- Having a team of people to support your faith walk. Knowing they will check in on you.
- Praising God as you see his glory through your day.
- Thanking God continually for all you have.
A Christian on offense moves into the battlefield not only able to withstand war, but ready to win. They see not only what is coming against them, but they are prepared with a tactical plan to love, when usually they'd be prone to fear. It changes their eyesight. Rather than being a pawn they are now a son or daughter of the King, one loved, provided for and helped along the way. They are an active force of good on the spiritual game board of good and evil. God knows they are ready, I believe. He sees their faith and willingness to prepare. He rewards them for seeking him diligently.
This person understands, it is not their own willpower that wins, it is not their mindset that overcomes, but it is the blood of Jesus that won for them. In humility, they stand under God so that he can move over their lives and into the lives of others.
This kind of person proclaims: Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle – my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.” (Psalm 144:1)
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