How Do I Respond When The Battle Seems Too Hard to Fight?
Morning Pages Week eleven
I shared last week that I am going through the 12-week workbook “The Artist's Way.” As a part of the course, I write three pages in a journal each day. I am sharing a section of my writing each week with you. I would love your feedback on this new approach to my weekly Dispatch.
What is God doing in the world today, and how am I supposed to respond to it? I look at our world today and realize that we are in a real mess. There’s so much anger. We seem to have gotten complacent to the things that really matter. It seems that some battles are just too hard to fight.
In the midst of this, God is always at work. What is God doing? I see Him growing those who believe in Him. I see him growing many churches and raising up leaders. There is a spiritual war going on and He wants each of us to fight. It is not because He needs us to fight - He can handle everything on His own. He is God, you know. Rather, God chooses for us to fight with and for Him. There are things that He says are right and things that He says are wrong. Our culture has blurred the lines.
So how do I respond? I see every day as an opportunity to serve Him. Every day I can be a light in the world. Every day, I can love others well. I want people to see Jesus in me and thus be drawn to Him.
What if today one person commits their life to Him and then the next day that doubles? In 10 days that is 2,046 new believers. So my role today is to impact one person and to do the same the next day. Change really can begin with me. I just need to say “yes.”
Questions For You To Think About:
What do you see God doing in the world today?
What does “we are in a spiritual war” mean to you?
What next step is God calling you to take?
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This Week’s Trivia Answer:
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