Today, we watched a movie called the War Room. It is an amazing movie depicting everyday battles each marriage or household probably goes through. The time poor parents, the over worked spouse, the lost of that special family bond, lost of our love for our loved ones.
In today’s world, there are many distractions. From our careers, to a full day of activities be it for the kids or ourselves. Have we lost the idea of a good life? Or do we often only stop to rethink our priorities when things aren’t going to plan? When things are going wrong. What are we battling? Or rather who are we battling?
As you can tell this movie made me think. I won’t give away too much in case you wanted to watch it, but suffice to say, it did make me hunger and thirst for more of His grace, to spend more time in His presence.
You see in everything we do, we first need to remember we are first His child. This is a huge statement! This means we are His heirs! That’s an even bigger statement to make. But rightly so, because He did die for our sins, even when we were sinners. He did say that He has come to give us life and life abundant. So we truly need to believe that we have abundance, we need to celebrate this abundance, however at the same time remember that He must always be the first of our priorities.
The question that came to mind today was whom am I battling when things are going pear-shaped. Who is robbing me of my blessings? Who is stealing my joy? Who is stealing my time from the things that will bless me and my family?
It is the enemy; who comes to steal, kill and destroy. If you know this then you will know that your battles are not with a person, it is a battle with the evil. It is with the devil himself. The fallen one. And if we know this then we know that it is a battle that cannot be fought in the human flesh but only can be fought in the spiritual realm. It is a battle of spirits. And the only way we can do this and win it, is to submit to God. He is the only One that can fight this battle! We need only to submit. We need only to ask. We need only to seek. We need only to knock. Ask according to His will. Because scriptures tell us, {James 4:2 ‘You do not have because you do not ask God’.
It is not our battle to fight. It is not. It is His battle. So why not relieve yourself of this burden and bring before Him your heaviness. After all, our God is bigger than all of our problems. Lay it down before Him. Lay it down. No problem is too small or too big for Him. Is it the uncertainty of the future? Is it the temptation of money? Is it the love for the things of the world? Small or big, it is of the same magnitude to Him who loves us!
And if you need a scripture to assure you of His ability to take this load off you…
Come to me , all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. {Mathew 11: 28-30}
For the ability to come before Him and find rest is a privilege, a privilege you have when you are the child of The Most High God. Isn’t that an amazing privilege?
Are you burdened? I urge you to spend time in His presence, praying these scriptures, and bringing your hearts burdens before Him, for it is not your battle to fight. It is His, and He only wants you to ask and allow Him to fight it for you!
I hope you find encouragement in this post!
Be blessed xox
Monica