Prepare for the Spiritual War

Verses: Psalms 144: 1 - 15

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

The hardest thing for us to understand is the struggle we have inside our very soul.  We are tempted by the ways of the world.  There are so many things that seem better than what we have.  We desire more of what the world can give us.  We often feel that the more that we get the better our life is.

There is also the other part of my soul that struggles with these desires.  We want to praise God.  We want God to take away our temptations.  We desire the peace and comfort of God.  We want nothing more than our life to be filled with the presence of God.

The crazy thing about this situation is that these struggles have nothing to do with enemies or troubles we have in our life.  The struggle is deep within our very soul.  No one is pressuring us one way or the other except ourselves.  We desire both of these things at the same time. 

The question that you might be asking is how to handle this situation?  We have to prepare our souls for this spiritual war.  We have to pray more.  We have to read the scriptures.  We have to offer praises up to our God.  We must focus on God and not the world.

We can become conquerors of this war if we enter it prepared.  When you are prepared you take God into the battle with you.  You are not alone.  God is standing there with you fighting the battle with you.  The struggle can be conquered if we give it over to God.

It sounds simple to turn our life over to God.  Yet, isn’t that the hardest thing that we can decide.  We have to give up what we think are the good things of life.  We have to come to the conclusion that the gift of eternal life is the greatest gift.  We struggle because it is very hard to see that God loves us just as we are. 

We are our own worst enemy because we attempt to build up walls to keep God out.  Yet, what we need to do is break down the walls between ourselves and God.  We need to join forces with God and begin building up walls against the part of our soul that is tempted by the outside world.  We will always struggle yet when you come to the point that you are not struggling inside you have a peace during the hard times.  You have a comfort because God is our saving power.

Prayer:

We love you Dear God.  We praise you for you are holy.  We thank you for your gift of everlasting life.  Help us today fight the battle that is raging in our soul.  Help us accept your saving grace.  Help us Dear Savior prepare our souls for the spiritual battle that we face.  In the name of the Redeemer we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you given your life over to Jesus?  Are you preparing yourself for the spiritual battle?  Are you going to god in prayer and praise?  Are you building a wall between you and God?  Is it time that you break down that wall?