Strength and Wisdom for Battle

Monday 23 October  
READ: Psa. 18: 35-46 
MORE LESSON:  2 Cor. 10: 4 – 6

Life is a battle. If you do not fight, you will still be fought. Some of the wars you face are due to envy and anger of people that hate you. As a child of God, the devil has drawn the battle line against you before you were born, so you had better get ready to fight so that you will not be a victim. However, keep in mind that the weapons of our warfare are not physical but spiritual (2 Cor .10: 4).

There are two types of people in war: those that have strength and those that have expertise in war. There are people who are strong and powerful in fighting battles. There are heroes in the Bible like Barak, Gideon and Jephtha who were mighty in battle. You should not be a weakling in the faith or else you will soon backslide. These are the days of His power and you must have power and strength for battle. However, there are people in the Bible like Samson who had great strength and power but lacked wisdom. Samson was so strong that he could tear a lion to pieces, carry the beam of the gate of a city, kill thousands of people with a stick but he had no sense enough to avoid Delilah. 

So eventually it was a woman that made a weakling of him and finished his destiny. Strength without wisdom is dangerous for we must  be people of wisdom in battle. Solomon was a man of wisdom but he didn't have strength of character, so he ended up marrying one thousand women and started worshipping idols. Do not be a wise man who cuts corners, or cheats at work. For you to last in this endtime battle, you need strength of character and godly wisdom.

Perhaps, a man who had a good blend of power and wisdom in battle was David.  In the Bible, David fought many battles and never lost. There was a situation where David found himself in the hands of his enemies and he quickly acted like a madman so that they sent him away instead of killing him (1 Sam. 21: 11 – 15).  Part of wisdom is knowing which battle to fight and which to avoid. David also sinned against God by committing adultery but he quickly made amends with God and when the child produced from the sinful act died, he glorified God rather than complain. Part of the wisdom for battle is knowing how to ask for forgiveness when you are wrong.  I pray that the Lord will infuse you with strength and courage and also make you a man of wisdom so that you can triumph in the battles of life. Success in battle is a combination of strength, wisdom and divine ideas, but above all, God.

Prayer/Action
*Ask God to gird you with strength and wisdom to win every battle of life, in Jesus’ name.
*Pray that you will not be a casualty in the battle of life no matter how tough it may be, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I plead the blood of Jesus over the remaining days of this month, and I rid it of evil story; it's time for glory, in the name of Jesus.