A Fight Worth Fighting

1 Timothy 6:11-14 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Man at times I really feel beat up spiritually. Knocked around like I have been in a fist fight. My faith, my spiritual walk is a fight, a struggle, a conflict and at times it is overwhelming. Satan is the enemy and wants nothing more than to knock me off my feet and declare himself the victor. But He that is in me is greater than he that is in this world. In the verses before this passage Paul describes many things that will beat down a godly man and then exhorts me to run from these things and pursue the character qualities listed above. But the key is not just running after these things but focusing on the one who gives me the strength to run. Jesus knows all to well what it means to be in a spiritual fight with the enemy. Jesus knows all to well what it means to be beat spiritually and yet Jesus fought through and is and always will be the champ. Yes there will be times when we get knocked down, but that is when we must get up and the only way is through Christ strength and the only way to understand that strength is to first read, memorizing and studying about it from His Word, second we must then ask for it through prayer, and third we must live it out. Jesus did all these things and I can to through His strength.

Father thank you that my faith is not some easy street that I completely take for granted but thank you that it is a fight that I must want to win through Christ. Give me the strength to fight as you fought and to live as you lived.