God's Weapons

 

    Christians are spiritual warriors for God.  Our battlefield is unseen.  It manifest in the world, but the front line of battle is in prayer and spending time in God's Word to understand better how He fights the battles.  If you are a Christian, then you are a weapon to be used to show Jesus to the world.  You are not called to be nice, but you are called to be loving.  Telling the truth is not nice, but it is kind.  If you do it in love, then it can change the things happening around you.

    Like it or not you are in spiritual warfare.  You have a few options.  First, you can try to run away, but turning your back on the enemy only makes you vulnerable   Second, you can pretend it is not happening or ignore what is happening.  This will not change things for the better and eventually it will affect you.  Third, you can face it your way and burn out quickly.  Fourth, you can face the enemy with God doing it His way.  This is the only way to find victory and see the change that will honor God.

    There is no place for the apathetic or lazy Christian.  If you accept all the perks of being in God's family, then you are called to be in it with everyone else to honor God.  Love is is an action word.  Sometimes you have to fight for love to thrive and grow.  When you fight with God then you will have less battle scars or spiritual or emotional wounds to heal from.  When you fight with God then you will see victory where it was impossible.

    Your weapons are the armor of God.  You trust your commander not to lead you astray. Unlike human battles you will never be a pawn.  Things may happen that are unfair, but you live in an unjust world.  The difference is that God is right there experiencing it with you.  He will not abandon you.  He has given you everything you need to succeed.  You just need to learn how to use the armor of God to be successful and glorify God.

    Being God's weapon is not fighting a common battle.  You are fighting for what is good, just, and will glorify God.  You fight because you love Him which makes you passionate.  You are not called to be passive or a pushover.  You would not stand by and allow someone to hurt someone you love.  The same rule applies, but the battle is faced spiritually.  When you are facing the spiritual warfare you can see God fight for you.

    God will use your strengths and weaknesses, your talents, reasoning, resources, and reputation to fight His battles.  He gives your the Holy Spirit, ability to pray, His Word, faith, humility, truth, and wisdom to fight for Him.  You are valuable to God and have what it takes to fight with Him.  Where the world broke you is where you can be used the best to reveal who God is.  That is your battlefield (aka ministry).  

Exodus 14:13-14, Judges 7:15-16, 9:50-55, 14:5-7, 15:14-17, 2 Chronicles 20:21-24, Psalm 31:9-13, 83:9-18, 149:6-9, Isaiah 9:2-5, 10:24-26, Jeremiah 51:20-23, Matthew 15:13-14, Romans 6:12-14, 2 Corinthians 4:5-7, 10:3-8, Ephesians 6:13-17, & Hebrews 4:12-13