Fight the Good Fight

Good people can get carried away with our religion. They use certain texts or songs to bolster themselves and feel they need to change the world. But there is only One who can change the world. And that One is Jesus Christ. He came from His home with the Father to suffer and die to save us. We have no part in Him if His love is not found in us. So it seems that when we find ourselves all worked up about others, we could learn more from Him.

Jesus already paid the price. He paid the ransom for souls who turn to Him and learn from Him. He has already won the battle, even though a struggle continues over who will come. So, if we want to get worked up over something, let´s choose Him. Let us make more of Christ and less of our world. Let´s get the focus where it should be, and then our hearts will begin to reflect the love we have been shown.

Dear Lord, please root out any animosity toward others. You came to save the very ones who rejected You. Let Your spirit be seen in us. As we direct ourselves fully to You, may our hearts change. Help us start caring for the eternal well-being of others too. Amen

1 Timothy 6:12 ESV / Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Ephesians 6:13 ESV / Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Exodus 14:14 ESV / The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

2 Corinthians 10:4 ESV / For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

John 3:16-17 ESV / “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.