THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH – Monday December 19th 2016
Memorise: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2nd Timothy 4:7
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art
also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
13 I
give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and
before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good
confession;
14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Bible in one year: Leviticus 13, Psalms 123-124
Message
The
basis for all spiritual warfare can be explained as the opposition or
hostility between light and darkness. Darkness is associated with
blindness, emptiness, uncertainty, inactivity, stagnancy, ignorance,
failure, wickedness, fear and evil. Darkness was dominant authority over
the universe in the beginning, and this was evidently the status quo at
the time of creation in Genesis 1:1.
Then God said let there be light and there was light. Light is a very
powerful force. Open Heavens Monday 19 December 2016:- the good fight of
faith. When there is light, darkness has no choice than to disappear. John 1:5 says,
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
However, the truth is, not all light can outshine darkness. For instance, Genesis 1 talks of categories of light.
“And
God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.”
Genesis 1:16
There
are lights of the sun, moon and stars. Then there are man-made lights
of varying sizes. If you put on tiny torch in the midst of total
darkness, you will only see the spot that the torch is pointing at.
Everywhere else will be surrounded by darkness. The size of a light
determines the area it will dominate or rule over. Open heavens
devotional 2016. The sun rules over the day because it is far brighter
than the moon. If the moon were to replace the sun during the day, there
will be darkness during the day. Similarly, if you bring sun to replace
the moon during the night time, the night will turn into day. This
tells us that what determines the result of a situation is the amount of
light it is exposed to. This means that exposing varying degrees of
light on the same situation will give you different results. The volume
of the light of God’s Word that you are exposed to will determine the
degree of the change you will experience.
The
intensity and size of God’s light in you will determine the sphere of
domination. Although, God has commanded you to dominate everything, the
actual scope of your dominance will be determined by the amount of God’s
Word that is in you. The Word is the light of the world. If you lack
the Word, you lack the light that gives definition to your ability to
dominate. As you increase your Word content, you enlarge your coast.
Staying away from the Word automatically reduces your glow and
ultimately your ability to control forces, situations and circumstances.
On the other hand, the moment you stop shinning as light, darkness will
swallow you up. If you want to be victorious over forces of darkness,
you should daily expose yourself to the light from God’s Word. The Word
is the sword of the Spirit and the chief weapon of our warfare as
Christians.
Prayer Point
Father, please baptize me in the pool of Your Word today in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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