MY FRIENDS, THE BATTLE IS WON ON OUR KNEES

Jan. 2, 2017

MY FRIENDS, THE BATTLE IS WON ON OUR KNEES

Welcome to 2017, which tells each of God’s children that the narrative or the account of events in our lives did not end in 2016 even though Satan went about daily seeking which one of us he “may devour.” And because Christ lives, with no reservation we understand our God is greater than all of our situations and circumstances and our battles will only be won on our knees. For Gods promise is “I know the thoughts that I think toward you,…

Thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:11-13 (NIV) “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”

So Elijah got up and ate and drank. [Strengthened by God at a time he had lost all hope], he then traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.” 1 Kings 19:7-8 (NIV) Fed by God, at that point Elijah could continue His journey and only on our knees where the battles are won and we are fed by God will we receive the power of God’s Spirit, and we will also finish our journey.

But first “we must have a deep, earnest sense of our needs. We must feel our weakness and our dependence upon God, and come to Him with contrition of soul and brokenness of heart. Our petitions must be offered in perfect submission; every desire must be brought into harmony with the will of God, and His will must be done in us.” (E.G. White Prevailing Prayer)

On our knees is where we seek and find “the author and finisher of our faith” where the plans and partitions of our life are worked out. Remember, it was on their knees that the three Hebrew boys received the power to stand up to King Nebuchadnezzar and say “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods.” Daniel 3:16-16 (KJV) And it was at Gethsemane Christ tells His Disciples “why are you sleeping?” “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” Luke 22:46 (NIV) And at Gethsemane, on His Knees is where Christ fought His last battle before Calvary.

2017 will be a challenge for us, Satan is a strangest who through the weeks and months of 2016 has gathered in His sieve the life of ever one who claims to be a child of God but, have not figured out it is “not flesh and blood we struggle with” but “against Satans powerful and evil forces in the heavenly realms.”

Therefor, we feel no need to study the word of God or diligently “pray as we seek Gods presence daily.” Remember, Satan “stalks its prey” making sure He has “set our minds on the things that are of this world, and not on the things above” before He devours, first sifting us gently in His sieve then violently back and forth as the storm intensifies,” and our faith weakens, which then separates us from God. And one day Christ will come like a thief in the night, and we will not know at what time He will come.