Gloves up!

Battles on the field are like boxing rings when it comes to the spiritual things and you are dealing with just you. It's you in a ring with Satan. And he's throwing all his fiery darts while we have on the armor of God.

Ephesians 6:13-17 (KJV)
"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"

Now what a lot of Christians do is they let down their shield of faith, which is why the darts tend to wipe you out quickly and a lot of Christians look like they lose their battles. It is the hardest part to keep up because the situation looks hard . . . we see darts coming from here, coming from there, coming from everywhere and our mind and emotions are FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!

We could be in that ring because of ourselves and our stupidity or we could just have been attacked because Satan is mad and wants to distract & discourage us from the blessing that is coming our way or try to get us to go his way and be on his side of the ring . . . where we still get beat up. Lastly we may be in that ring . . . because Satan just hates us . . . that would be the only reason he would need to attack.

Now we could be in a position where we might be in the ring because:
1. We were stupid and made so many mistakes that we deserve serious consequences
2. We are being attacked because of the various reason Satan does what he does

This is the hard part; both reasons . . . because now we have to go repent of what we did and ask for deliverance from that, and get deliverance from everything else. This is where that shield comes back into play. It's really hard to hold that shield of faith up when you feel guilty and know you deserve to go through what you are going through. It's hard when you see a black hole for your mess and you feel like you are being sucked into and being stretched all out of proportion. And this isn't including the other attacks!

We are in a war ladies and gentlemen. A full out war; and we have to fight everyday. I feel I am fighting for my sanity as we speak. It's like my mind wants to go so far off to the deep end that in years down the line I'd be institutionalized talking to myself and wondering who I am. Satan will go after your mind and emotions because that's the connection to your spirit . . . if you let your mind and emotions rule you . . . it will be the worst roller coaster ride of your life.

But as Christians we don't have to fight in the war by ourselves. We don't have to stand in that ring along. Jesus has His gloves up; on the battlefield it would be a sword . . . the Word of God! And nothing can stand against the Word. Satan has to back off! As long as we keep speaking the Word over ourselves and keep that shield up no matter what he said, she said, he did, she did, you or I did . . . we will overcome!

Gloves up!