The Story of a Battle

Did you notice that there was no blog last week?

We were caught up in a battle… our arms locked with an enemy so dreadful and dangerous that we could not let down our guard for a moment. This enemy’s name need not be mentioned… we all know him and have crossed swords with him probably a couple times recently. His aim is to kill, steal, and destroy.

We are in the midst of some rather discouraging circumstances – but those circumstances are not the problem – for we know that God can overcome them quite easily. These circumstances involve my paycheck and could really wreak some havoc to our finances. However, like I said, God can overcome these circumstances quite easily, in one way or another. The real danger in this situation was not the circumstances, but our reaction to them. This is where our enemy comes in with lies, pushing us to hopelessness and despair. He wants us to lose faith, to throw away our hope, and to give up on this adoption and on God.

Well, last Tuesday, we were losing the battle. We sat down and hung our heads and listened to the lies of the enemy. We entertained despair. Our last action before collapsing and giving up all hope was to reach out to our family in Christ with a feeble cry for help. We know from long practice that this is the only battle maneuver that will drive the enemy back.

People did pray, and we gained strength. We asked for more prayer. People prayed and we found peace. We turned to God’s Word and remembered His promises and His character and trusted in Him. We are still in this battle, but have handed the sword over to God, knowing His victory is certain.

And in the midst of this, a glimmer of new hope came – one completely unrelated to the paycheck thing. God is moving… somehow. God is making things happen. We don’t know what He is doing yet, but He is doing something. We feel the wind changing, but the new direction is not yet known. The battle we have been experiencing is but a distraction from something awesome that is happening. If we were still hanging our heads, we would have totally missed it.

The circumstances still exist; we still have a mountain in front of us. But God’s people have told this mountain to move – what choice does it have but to obey? These circumstances are but dead leaves to be blown away by a powerful Wind. How weak these things are when you compare them to the strength of God’s promises!

Will you please join us in prayer to move this mountain? We would also love it if you would also pray for God to reveal to us His next steps in this adoption and that we would set our sight on Him only.

I can’t wait to see what God is doing!