A Call to WAR

I feel very strongly that we are in a HUGE battle for our lives right now. I'm not talking about the Iraq war; I am talking about the Stirring war. It seems like more than ever our friendships, our marriages, and our personal relationships with the Lord are being tested and fought for. The enemy is pressing in hard and we MUST fight back. I think Nathan has amazing discernment and our new series "becoming who we are" is exactly what we need to be talking about. We need to be taught that we ARE alive in Christ (Eph 2:5) and that we HAVE BEEN raised from the dead with Christ (Eph 2:6); because of His mercy we ARE one with Christ (Eph 2:4&6). AMEN! That is all we need to know to fight the enemy. He has NO authority because "we are one with Christ!"

After my last really long blog, Finding My Place, I was amazed at the number of women that came to me and said that they feel exactly the same way. Really? If we are all feeling lonely and out of place why aren't we pursing one another? You know why... it's because we have been whispered lies our whole life telling us that we are not good enough, that we don't fit in, or that "she" has it all together and since we don't we don't want to hang out with "her", or that we don't have enough time, or we don't think that "she" will have enough time for us because "she" has better things to do. Well I say enough is enough. Who cares what the enemy is trying to tell us because "we are God's masterpiece" (Eph 2:10); and because of his grace and mercy we are deserving of love. That's what we need to start shouting back when the enemy is whispering us his lies!!!

We are also seeing it in sooooo many marriages. Couples struggling to hold on and couples watching their whole lives crumble before their eyes. There is a HUGE, and I mean HUGE, battle waging for the men in our lives! Men you need to fight back and women we need to be right there behind them fighting for our husband and our marriages! I think passion is being replaced with apathy and it is killing us. We must fight for the passion, fight for our men to have deep meaningful relationships with God. They, too are, "God's masterpiece" (Eph 2:10) and "they belong to Christ Jesus" (Eph 2:13). We need to overcome apathy and be proactive in our marriages.

This is not at all what I was planning on saying but now that it's written I think it needs to be read. I think we are going to see more battles being waged for our lives in the coming weeks. The enemy does not want us to know "who we are" and so it is my prediction that unless we start taking a proactive approach to fighting the battle that one day we are going to wake up and wonder what happened to us. Don't let apathy take over your marriage and don't let fear tell you who you should and shouldn't hang out with. I'll tell you a little secret... none of us have it all together and nothing is what it seems. Nobody is perfect--we are all sinners--but because "God loved us and chose us in Christ [we are all] holy and without fault in His eyes." (Eph 1:4)

Our battle begins now. This is a call to WAR!!!!!