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If I truly believe that there is NO limit to the “risk” I would take trusting the Lord to continue to protect and guide me, what height or depth couldn't I reach? If I believe we’ve already won then there is no need to shrink back. For we are not of those who shrink back but we are among those who advance forward with victory and lay hold of the promises of our God! Since I know we’ve won and won forever, I can face opposition today with my face as iron knowing I have already won. Day to day the enemy wants you to believe you’ve lost but in living out in faith, hope, and love the truth of the word of God we proclaim that we know he’s won and it is his victory that emboldens me. Like to Peter he has said, “Come” and as surely as he’s won, here I go. Into today. Expecting to win forever (1 Thessalonians 4:13) and walk on water!!!
As a warrior sent on a mission I don’t look for high ground where there is no battle. It is the very fact that I am equipped and trained for this great day that I go out expecting to be hit with temptation to submit to all other names except the one that truly is lord and the ONLY name, Zechariah 14:9. As a warrior I expect to be challenged, I expect the enemy to try and distract me from the one purpose that I have been called – not to defeat the enemy which still makes him my focus, but to worship, shine light on and honor the ONLY true name – that awesome and amazing name of Jesus. It is the equipping of faith – resolute commitment to the word, person and revelation of God in Christ; love – the willingness to obey what he says; and hope - the commitment to think on and expect, not greater battling, though this may certainly come, but to set my mind constantly and forever on the forever promise of reigning in glory with the name that is the ONLY name!
I don’t look for the teaching that promises “peace and safety” (1 Thessalonians 5:3). No I expect my God to continue to use me on the battle field that I may have the chance to live out what I believe in him. And so we will be with the Lord forever (1 Thessalonians 4:17)!