In the day of unexpected provocation, even without preparation, know that the Lord has your back! Do you play your part of dwelling in His secret place (Psalm 91), taking a hold of His promises and confessing the same, expressing your full confidence in His commitment and faithfulness for your preservation for purpose? Our reasonable duty is to trust in His love for us (John 15:9; John 16:27).

The phrase “do not be afraid” is written 365 times in the Scriptures — a daily reminder from God to live everyday being fearless: why? Because God said so. In Exodus 14, against the fear and panic that gripped an entire nation in the face of the greatest army on earth in that time, Moses was sure and declared Exodus 14:13-14; and when the Lord came through, Moses led the song (Exodus 15:1-19) even though he was also queasy until God gingered Him up. He came to see and know the Lord as the man of war and that He is for you.

**As human beings we get exhausted and discouraged because we keep trying to fight in our own strength. We engage in fruitless cycles of repentance, resolution, struggle, defeat, discouragement, and repenting all over again. The only spiritual conflict that’s ever successfully won is the one God fights for us.

He doesn’t expect us to win the battle but to let Him win it on our behalf.

• ‘But aren’t we supposed to fight too?’ you ask. Yes, we’re to ‘fight the good fight of faith’ (1 Timothy 6:12 KJV). Ours isn’t a battle of exhausting effort, it’s the battle of believing.
• ‘But aren’t we supposed to wrestle like Jacob did?’ First of all, Jacob didn’t win by wrestling, he won by being rendered too weak to keep wrestling. Secondly, his victory lay in surrender to God. Are you worn out from the battle? Are you at the end of your rope? Then you’re just where God wants you! Let go and trust Jehovah-Nissi to prevail for you, because ‘the battle is not yours, but God’s’! Stand up and declare with Paul, ‘When I am weak, then am I strong’ (2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV) — **Taken from Word for Today

Selah

Pastor Afolabi Oladele