Battles And Front Lines Devotional By Rita SpringerSample

Never Lost 

The saying goes, “You win some, and you lose some.” Life is like this, or at least it can feel that way. Life is a wave that rolls in and then back out. When we find ourselves in the middle of tough circumstances, we hope for better outcomes but struggle sometimes with what God allows. We want God to wear a wristwatch that we set with alarms that go off to prompt God on when to show up on the scene and save the day. I wonder if we believe today what God spoke over King Jehoshaphat’s fight in 2 Chronicles 20. When all of Judah came together to fight against the Moabites, God told them that they were not to fear because it was not their fight. God assured them that He was with them.

Can we believe that God has never lost a fight? Can we trust that if God is for us, no one can stand against us? Can we see cancer take a life but still stand on Christ winning over death and stealing its sting? There is not a fight that Jesus has not won. Jesus overcame so that we would not feel overwhelmed. It is sheer choice to see the truth as truth, even if it does not come in the package we want. I have decided to stand in the face of circumstance and believe wholeheartedly that Jesus has broken the curse and that He has never lost a battle and never intends to. We may not live in Old Testament times. Our fight today is more internal and spiritual. Paul asks us to put on protective armor and gear up for facing the hard stuff (Ephesians 6). Our struggles may not be fought on actual battlefields, but what we war against is greater.

The apostle Paul says, ^“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12 NIV).

Whatever you fear, whatever your struggle, if you know Jesus, you know the one who never loses. He is about to show you how He wins a fight. Declare over your circumstances today that your God, Jehovah, has never lost a battle. He is for you, and you need to just let Him show off His strength.