For what reason would God allow a battle to remain in my life over which He could give me the victory in a moment of time? The devil will try to captivate us and attempt to convince us that the battles we face are bigger than the Christ in us. God will leave these trials in our life to train our hands for war and to cause us to depend on the power of the Holy Spirit. We need to understand our enemies are already defeated but we still need to go to Jesus to get the resources and to stand in faith. If we lose sight of God in these trials we will turn to human reasoning and begin to follow our own sensual nature and desires.

Do we believe that the persisting issues in our lives can be dealt with by God? Temptations always come in so that we will seek for an answer outside of God's will and it may cause us to turn to other sources. When the enemy captivates our hearts in a particular area all we can see is ourselves and the situation, and then the enemy begins to isolate us. There comes a time in the midst of this darkness that we have to rise up against the devil and stand upon the written word of God. Jesus will come into these places of captivity and He will go after these areas to bring light and deliverance. It doesn't matter the state of darkness, Jesus the Light of the world always shines brighter.

How is it that someone who has experienced the great victories of God's deliverances and leaves the place of promise and goes back to compromised Christianity? The blessings of God can weigh us down when we focus more on the blessings than the God who provided them. There are times we back ourselves into the mentality of moderation and avoid engaging in the battle. God in His faithfulness has a controversy with this mindset and also has a remedy that will draw us back to Him. When He begins to draw us back we will rediscover His voice and a reverence will be revived in us to follow His plan and do it His way.

Have you ever felt unworthy, unusable or un-called? Learn the delightful kingdom surprise that Jesus calls the most unusual of people to do the most amazing tasks.

¿Como podemos nosotros, habiendo recibido a Cristo y siendo llenos de Su Espíritu, aun encontrar acechando en nuestra alma una oscuridad que pensamos había desaparecido? En Cantar de los Cantares, aprendemos que aun en nuestro fallo, aun somos vistos por Dios como el amado.

La Palabra de Dios nos invita a ir delante de El en temor y temblor. Un Corazon estremecido es uno que entiende la majestad de Dios junto con el temible gozo y honor de ser llamada a su presencia.

¿Alguna vez te has sentido indigno, inútil o sin llamado? Aprende la deleitosa sorpresa del reino que Jesús llama a la gente más inusual para hacer tareas asombrosas.

The Word of God calls us to come before him in fear and trembling. A trembling heart is one that understands the majesty of God along with the awesome joy and honor to be called into his presence.