Faith For Battle And Victory, Arise!

Well, still haven’t heard from God. No definitive answer to my question. But I am still discussing it daily with Him; not begging, but being honest before Him about what I feel that I need, and why.

Again, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a pivotal time. This is the time where God should be moving and claiming some victory, and a time where I should be praying and claiming God’s victory and binding the powers that want to stop God’s victory. And so, that is what I am doing. I worry, though – I have felt this way before, and things got worse, not better…

Both of my devotionals spoke so strongly to me today…


Facing Life’s Unknowns

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 11
Key Verse: 1st Thessalonians 5:24 – He Who calls you is faithful, Who also will do it.

A delayed promotion, an unreached goal, a broken relationship – some of life’s inexplicable turns. Many of the saints mentioned in Hebrews 11 knew firsthand about life’s unknowns.

Many others also had the opportunity to witness God’s hand at work as He rolled back the waters of the Red Sea, defeated enemy armies, and proved faithful when times of trial and tribulation struck. The test of faith is not merely in trusting, but in trusting God when all hope has disappeared.

One way that God tests our faith is by allowing life’s unknowns to invade our lives. Samuel anointed David as king over Israel. Yet nothing was mentioned about having to wait years before he sat on Israel’s throne. Thanks to life’s unknowns, David was forced to leave his family and friends and live like a common criminal on the run from a jealous and mentally impaired king.

At any point he could have proclaimed his frustration, but David went beyond bitterness and self-pity to claim the goodness of God. He realized God’s ways were not the ways of people. All of life’s unknowns are perfectly within God’s sovereign control. If He has given you a promise, cling to it. He will do exactly what He has said He will do.

The year ahead – even the events of this day – are unknown to me, Father. I rest in the knowledge that You alone have sovereign control over every aspect of my life. You will do exactly what You said You would do.


Facing Giants In Faith

Scripture Reading: 1st Samuel 17:1-11
Key Verse: 1st John 5:4 – Whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.

Tomorrow she has to face the committee and tell them what she thinks.
Last month they asked her to review books for a children’s reading club, and she feels that three of the books are detrimental and advocate unbiblical values. She also knows that most of the committee members are not believers and will not understand her arguments.

As she thinks about the conflict to come, panic sets in. It isn’t until she recalls past victories in the Lord that she calms down and recognizes that the battle is really His.

Look at David’s words of positive confession before he faced the sneering giant, Goliath: “The Lord Who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” (1st Samuel 17:37 NASB)

David could say with unwavering confidence that God would give him the resounding victory. He called to mind former defenceless times when God delivered him from destruction, and he relied on God’s might to do it again.

What giant looms in your future? What battle are you headed for today? Are you claiming the victory right now in His name? Always remember – you have a faith that conquers.

Father God, there are giants ahead – tremendous battles to face. Give me the faith that conquers. I claim the victory right now in Your name.





Friends and family, I invite you to join with me in praying for and watching for God’s victory in my life and in the lives of others that I care for deeply.

I ask you to join me in prayer to God; recall to mind all of the times that God has helped you to defeat giants in your life, all the times that God has blessed you beyond measure. Now, pray with me that God would win this battle, would perform His word to me, would carry out to swift completion the promises He has made, that the enemy would be snuffed out, and everyone involved loosed to walk into the joyous path that God has prepared for them.


In turn, I promise to update you to the mighty and glorious things that God does in my life, so that you too may share in God’s mighty victory.

Thank you. I love you all. Be blessed in Jesus’ name.