Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles With the Power of God's Word by Joyce Meyer

Author:Joyce Meyer [MEYER, JOYCE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, REL012000, Christian Life, Inspirational, General
ISBN: 9780446545426
Google: IOen1h2M_cQC
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2008-08-01T21:14:38+00:00

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WATCH AND PRAY

All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41

Suppose you knew that your house was surrounded by enemy agents and that at any moment they might break through the door and attack you. Do you think you would be inclined to stay awake and watch the door?

What would you do if for some reason you couldn‘t stay awake and watch? Wouldn‘t you make sure someone else in the family was aroused and alerted to the danger?

In this verse, Jesus tells us to keep awake, to give strict attention, to be cautious and active, and to watch and pray.

As believers, we are to be constantly alert, alive, and watchful. Then, if necessary, we must be ready to take up arms against the attack of the enemy.

Be a Fighter

Fight the good fight of the faith.

1 Timothy 6:12

To be aggressive is to be a fighter.

Just as the apostle Paul said that he had fought the good fight of faith (see 2 Timothy 4:7), so he instructed his young disciple Timothy to fight the good fight of faith.

In the same way, you and I are to fight the good fight of faith in our daily lives as we struggle against spiritual enemies in high places and in our own mind and heart.

One part of fighting the good fight of faith is being able to recognize the enemy, knowing when things are normal and when things are wrong. Let me give you an example.

Some time ago I was engaged in a conversation with a certain individual. As I was listening to this person, confusion began to set in. I realized that this happened every time I tried to talk to this person.

Usually I would just go off thinking, “I wonder what‘s wrong. I don‘t understand why this happens.” I just wasn‘t comfortable with the person.

The more I thought about it, the more I came to see what the problem was. Every time we would meet and talk I would begin to worry about whether this individual misunderstood something I had done.

The next time we met the same feeling began to rise up in me. But this time I took a more aggressive approach. I just stopped and prayed, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I take authority over this spirit. I am not going to worry. If this person does not like what I did, that is between them and God.

“I have to be free. I can‘t go all my life making decisions based on what everybody else is going to think. Satan, I will not have this worry. In the name of Jesus, it‘s over!”

I took a stand, and freedom rushed in. As long as I was passive, Satan tormented me.

That‘s our problem. We are too passive. Too often we don‘t move against the enemy when he comes against us with worry or fear or doubt or guilt.

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