Fight for What is Yours!!!!!

Hello my friends!

This morning I was reading from the book of judges and came across one of my favorite scriptures.  It's an obscure verse that the Holy Spirit has used to speak to me in the past, and it still speaks to me very powerfully today.  Here it is:

**Judges 11:24 Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us, we will possess.**

Jephthah says this in response to the Ammonite King's reply that he was going to attack Israel because Israel had taken the Ammonite's land.  He told Jephthah to give back the land peaceably.  Though Israel inhabited the land, the Ammonite's felt Israel had no right to be there, and they wanted their land back.

Jephthah saw it quite differently.  Israel did have the right to inhabit and enjoy the land, because God had given it to them.  And it was up to God to defend the land He had given Israel.  Indeed He did.  I'll let you read Judges 10-11 for the full story.

This story teaches me that we have an enemy who wants to take what God has given us.  Our dreams. Our hope. Our joy. Our peace.  Our freedom. Our marriages. Our families. Our confidence. Our authority. Our power. Our identity. Our gifts and abilities.

All these things and more have been given to us by our lavish Father.  They are ours to enjoy, and to keep.

And yet, we have an enemy who wants to take these things away.  But he can't.  He can, however, deceive us into giving them to him peaceably.  That means without a fight.  We can allow him onto our land, sitting back passively as he takes what is ours.

_**John 10:10  The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.**_

Or we can rise up with righteous indignation!  How dare that quivering, evil, tyrant threaten to take what he cannot take!  What God has given us, is ours to possess!  So our God will give us the power to defend and fight for what is ours.

**Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.** Ephesians 6:10-12

Take note.  We don't deserve what God has given.  We can't earn what God has given.  It is ours because God has chosen to lavish is amazing love, and generous gifts on his children.

The Father's Plan for your Day

It is the plan and purpose of God this day to bring into your life people and circumstances that will make you more like Jesus.  Today you have awakened to His classroom.  He has prepared lessons for you to learn and work for you to do.

 His plans for you today are good and perfect.  You can trust His heart.  He loves you.  You can trust His Mighty power.  He is able to accomplish His lofty, and seemingly unattainable goals.  He has already seen this day.  Nothing will surprise Him.

He will bring to you today wonderful opportunities to see Him at work in your life, opportunities to join Him His beautiful work and opportunities for you to grow.  Often these opportunities come in the form of annoyances, inconveniences, unexpected interruptions, delays, pain and heartache.  They also come in the form of laughter, exciting surprises and enjoyable moments.  And yet it is also the plan of God to use the mundane, ordinary, experiences of life as well.  They, too, are a part of His perfect plan.  All of these things have been carefully chosen for you to experience  and masterfully woven into your life by our loving and perfectly wise, Supremely powerful Father so that you might experience His highest good.

 If you fully cooperate with our Heavenly Father, not fighting and resisting Him, not complaining and not trying to avoid the things you don't like, you will experience blessings in such HUGE MEASURE that you won't be able to hold it all!

Protection
Provision of every need
Power
Peace
Healing
Joy
Wisdom
Freedom
and every good gift

Or you can spend your day choosing the path that is most comfortable for you.  You can complain, whine, argue and resist our Father's PERFECT PLAN.

It's up to you.

He hasn't left you to go through life alone.  He's given all of His children a priceless,  gift--His Spirit.

I'm praying that you will choose the path that the Father has prepared for you today.

His plans for you today are perfect and good!

Have a wonderful day!

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Blinding beauty

magnificence that we cannot begin to take in

Love that fills and overflows leaving no place untouched

compassion

gentleness

You care

it is your deepest desire that we might

know you

And you are enough

Enough

Enough

Your treasure stores are filled with inexhaustible supplies of ALL that is good

And you delight in providing for the needs of your children

If only we would ask

If only we believed

Then we would wait

Then we wouldn't try to make our own way

Then we wouldn't settle for so much less

You're not holding back

You're waiting for the best possible time

for all you give

when you give

will be good in every possible way

to give too early or too late

harms your beloved

And the arms of the One who loves

 would never bring harm

but he will bring pain

pain that brings blessing

the pain is temporary

the blessing will NEVER STOP

You are truth

there isn't even a hint of a lie in you

from your mouth comes truth

for when you speak

all things must obey

All things

Every power

Every authority

I cannot begin to fathom the greatness of this power

This power

You've placed in me?

I don't understand

I live far beneath my capability

Far beneath

I don't know how far

Oh God

stretch my mind

Help me to believe

I have resurrection power

All-surpassing power

I have authority over the enemy

Demons MUST SUBMIT to my authority as I carry out your plans

Lord, open our eyes

by your Spirit

to truly know who we are

Your Children

Your beloved

Joint heirs with Christ

Seated in Heavenly Places

Amen.