Long Version The Warfare Got Loud Because Your Assignment Got Real

Hell Does Not Waste Ammunition on Empty Vessels

Introduction

Today, I published a very personal Dominion Short titled “The Warfare Got Loud Because Your Assignment Got Real.” I almost did not write it.

It came from a place that was not theoretical.

It came from weariness.

It came from frustration.

It came from ongoing visual challenges.

It came while Dominion Renaissance Ministries was dealing with email-domain problems at the very time when reliable communication was especially important because of ongoing contractual discussions.

It came while I was second-guessing decisions.

It came while people from whom I expected emotional and pastoral support seemed to disappear.

And yes, pastors need pastors, and ministry leaders need encouragement. The person pouring into everybody else occasionally needs somebody willing to pour back into them.

Then I admitted something even more personal.

I questioned my participation in ministry.

I even had the thought of having a drink, I had the thought to further self-medicate.

I did not act on it, I took the thought captive.

And somewhere in the middle of all of that, I encountered a statement, “The warfare got loud because your assignment got real. Hell doesn’t fight empty vessels.”

That statement hit differently because of where I was standing.

Now for the record;

I do not believe every inconvenience is Satan.

I do not believe every computer problem is a demon.

I do not believe every disagreement is spiritual warfare.

I do not believe every person who disappoints you has been sent by the devil.

And I certainly do not believe that experiencing difficulty automatically proves that you are doing God's will.

Sometimes we are experiencing consequences.

Sometimes we made a poor decision.

Sometimes equipment simply breaks.

Sometimes people are people.

Sometimes life happens in this fallen world.

However Scripture leaves absolutely no question that spiritual warfare is real.

There is an adversary.

There is opposition.

There are fiery darts.

There are temptations.

There are lies.

There are spiritual forces of wickedness.

And there are moments when obedience to God places the believer squarely against everything that opposes the purposes of God.

So this teaching is not about becoming obsessed with Satan.

This teaching is about becoming so anchored in Christ that Satan cannot use pressure to separate you from your assignment.

And I want somebody to hear this before we go into another sentence, DO NOT CONFUSE THE INTENSITY OF THE BATTLE WITH THE ABSENCE OF GOD!

Sometimes the battlefield is exactly where your obedience must become real.


Now Let’s Eat Some Meat!

Ephesians 6:10-13 (AMPC) “In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].”

Paul commands believers to draw their strength from the Lord, put on God's complete armor, and stand against the devil's strategies, explaining that our true struggle extends beyond flesh and blood to spiritual forces of wickedness.

Now notice something.

Paul does not tell believers to pretend there is no warfare.

He does not say that becoming spiritually mature will eliminate opposition.

He does not tell the Ephesians that if they pray hard enough, nothing difficult will ever happen.

He tells them;

GET STRONG.

PUT ON THE ARMOR.

RECOGNIZE THE ENEMY.

AND STAND.

That destroys the fantasy that Christianity is supposed to produce a life without conflict.

Sometimes the evidence of spiritual maturity is not that the battle disappeared. It is that the battle could not move you.

You prayed; and stood.

You hurt; and stood.

You cried; and stood.

You were disappointed; and stood.

People left and you stood.

Your emotions screamed; and you stood.

Your circumstances became confusing; and you stood.

Temptation whispered; and you stood.

You could not understand what God was doing; and YOU STILL STOOD!

That is warfare.

And sometimes Satan does not need to destroy you physically if he can convince you emotionally to abandon what God told you spiritually.

Read that again, sometimes Satan does not need to destroy you physically if he can convince you emotionally to abandon what God told you spiritually.

Sometimes the attack against your assignment is an attack against your willingness to continue the assignment.

The enemy may not need to destroy the ministry if he can discourage the minister.

He may not need to eliminate the calling if he can exhaust the called.

He may not need to steal your gift if he can convince you that using your gift is no longer worth the pain.

He may not need to close the door if he can make you walk away from it yourself.

THIS IS WHY YOU MUST LEARN TO STAND!


The Context of This Teaching

The language of spiritual warfare in Ephesians 6 comes after Paul has spent much of the letter teaching believers who they are in Christ and how that identity should govern their lives, that matters.

Paul does not introduce warfare before establishing identity.

The believer needs to know who he is before he learns how to fight.

Why?

Because Satan's warfare frequently targets identity.

“Did God really call you?”

“Are you sure you heard God?”

“Look at what is happening.”

“Look who left you.”

“Look who stopped supporting you.”

“Look at your circumstances.”

“Maybe you should quit.”

“Maybe none of this matters.”

“Maybe you misunderstood God.”

And if the enemy cannot convince you that God is unfaithful, perhaps he can convince you that you are unqualified. Before I go any further, on a personal note, the enemy has been asking these very questions of me lately.

That is why warfare so often becomes a battle of the mind.

The battlefield may be circumstances.

The target is frequently your thinking.

This is where and why my own recent experience becomes relevant.

When multiple pressures begin converging at the same time, it becomes very easy to evaluate your calling through your circumstances.

That is dangerous.

Your circumstances do not have authority to rewrite what God said.

And difficulty is not automatically divine instruction to stop.

Sometimes difficulty means stop.

Sometimes difficulty means wait.

Sometimes difficulty means change direction.

Sometimes difficulty means examine yourself.

And sometimes difficulty means - STAND!

Discernment determines which one.

That is why we cannot build a theology around the catchy phrase “Hell doesn't fight empty vessels.”

It is a powerful metaphor, it is not a direct quotation from Scripture.

Scripture is our authority.

The biblical truth underneath the phrase is that Satan opposes God, resists truth, tempts believers, seeks to devour, schemes against the saints, and attempts to hinder obedience.

Therefore, when I say “Hell Does Not Waste Ammunition on Empty Vessels,” I am not declaring that every hardship proves somebody has a great calling.

I am saying, IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AN ASSIGNMENT, DO NOT BE SURPRISED WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE IS CONTESTED.


Relevance to Today's Believers

This teaching is desperately relevant because many believers have unconsciously adopted a theology that says, “If God called me, this should be easier.”

Where did Scripture promise that? NOWHERE!

Jesus was called, and opposed.

Paul was called, and opposed.

Peter was called, and opposed.

Stephen was faithful, and opposed.

The early church was empowered, and persecuted.

The presence of opposition did not invalidate their assignment.

And here is where believers must become spiritually mature, STOP USING COMFORT AS YOUR PRIMARY CONFIRMATION OF GOD'S WILL!

If comfort becomes your compass, you will abandon assignments that require endurance.

If applause becomes your confirmation, you will question your calling when people stop clapping.

If human support becomes your foundation, you will collapse when people disappear.

If emotional strength becomes your requirement for obedience, you will become inconsistent whenever you feel weak.

If favorable circumstances become your evidence that God is with you, every storm will make you question God's presence.

There comes a point where your faith has to graduate from, “I believe God because everything is going well”

To, “I BELIEVE GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOD!”

Supporting Scriptures

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (AMPC) “But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).”

Paul describes Christ's grace as sufficient and His power as becoming especially effective in human weakness. He therefore learns to view weakness differently because Christ's strength rests upon him.

This scripture is personal for me because weakness has a way of making us question usefulness.

We think;

“I am tired, therefore I cannot be effective.”

“I am struggling, therefore I cannot minister.”

“I am hurting, therefore God cannot use me.”

“I do not feel strong, therefore I must not be ready.”

Paul destroys that thinking.

God does not say, “Come back when you feel invincible.”

God says His strength demonstrates itself through human weakness.

There are days when you are going to minister while tired.

There are days when you will encourage somebody while needing encouragement yourself.

There are days when you will pray for somebody while carrying your own unanswered prayer.

There are days when you will preach faith while having to fight for your own.

That does not automatically make you a hypocrite, it should make you a living demonstration of dependence upon God.

Hypocrisy is pretending you have no struggle while secretly surrendering to it.

Faith says, “I HAVE A STRUGGLE, AND MY STRUGGLE WILL NOT BECOME MY LORD.”

1 Peter 5:8-9 (AMPC) “But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).”

Peter commands believers to remain sober-minded, vigilant, and cautious because the devil prowls like a roaring lion seeking someone to seize and devour. Believers are instructed to withstand him and remain firm in faith.

Peter does not say admire the lion.

He does not say study the roar until you become terrified.

He says, WITHSTAND HIM.

This means Satan is not supposed to become the center of Christian attention.

Jesus is.

Some believers talk more about what Satan is doing than what Christ has already accomplished.

That is backwards.

Yes, recognize warfare.

Yes, understand spiritual opposition.

Yes, remain vigilant.

Then stand in faith.

The roar is designed to intimidate, and intimidation frequently precedes surrender.

The enemy wants the sound of opposition to become bigger in your mind than the voice of God.

Do not let it.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (AMPC) “For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),”

Paul teaches that the believer's weapons are not physical weapons. They are divinely empowered for destroying strongholds, overthrowing arguments contrary to God's truth, and bringing thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

Here is where the battle became extremely personal for me.

I had a thought, “Have a drink.”

The thought came, the thought did not become my master.

There is an enormous difference between a thought arriving and a thought receiving permission to stay.

Every thought that enters your mind did not originate with God.

Every thought that enters your mind does not define you.

Every thought that enters your mind does not deserve agreement.

Some thoughts need to be arrested!

Some thoughts need to be interrogated by Scripture!

Some thoughts need to be thrown out!

“QUIT.”

Take it captive.

“GOD HAS ABANDONED YOU.”

Take it captive.

“NOBODY CARES.”

Take it captive.

“YOU NEED SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD TO GET THROUGH THIS.”

Take it captive.

“YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS OVER BECAUSE TODAY IS HARD.”

TAKE. IT. CAPTIVE.

Spiritual warfare is not merely shouting at demons.

Sometimes spiritual warfare looks like quietly telling yourself:

“NO. THAT THOUGHT WILL NOT GOVERN ME. CHRIST WILL.”

James 4:7 (AMPC) “So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.”

James commands believers first to submit themselves to God and then to resist the devil, with the assurance that he will flee.

Notice the order.

SUBMIT.

Then;

RESIST.

Everybody wants authority over the enemy.

How many want submission to God?

We want to rebuke Satan while negotiating with God.

We want spiritual authority without spiritual obedience.

We want victory without surrender.

We want God's power while maintaining our own agenda.

It does not work that way.

The greatest weapon against rebellion is not louder religious language.

It is deeper obedience.

Before asking, “How do I make Satan leave?”

Ask, “Where do I need to submit more completely to God?”

Isaiah 54:17 (AMPC) “But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.”

Isaiah declares that weapons formed against God's servants will not ultimately prosper and speaks of their God-given vindication.

Notice the scripture does not say, No weapon will be formed.

Weapons will form.

Opposition does come.

Accusations will come.

Problems will arise.

The promise concerns their ultimate effectiveness.

Some believers think victory means never seeing a weapon.

Biblical victory means the weapon does not get the final word.

The weapon can form without becoming your future.

The attack can happen without becoming your identity.

The disappointment can happen without becoming your destiny.

The betrayal can happen without making you bitter.

The temptation can come without becoming your behavior.

The warfare can get loud without becoming your lord.

Romans 8:37 (AMPC) “Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.”

Paul declares that amid life's severe pressures believers are more than conquerors through Christ, Who loved them.

Notice that conquest exists in the middle of things that need conquering.

We want “more than conquerors” without conflict.

How?

There is nothing to conquer if there is never anything to confront.

Victory is not the absence of battle.

Victory is refusing to surrender Christ's ground during the battle.

Galatians 6:9 (AMPC) “And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.”

Paul commands believers not to lose heart or become weary in doing what is right, promising a harvest at the appointed season if they do not give up.

This may be one of the enemy's simplest strategies, MAKE THEM TIRED ENOUGH TO QUIT BEFORE HARVEST.

Not sinful enough.

Not rebellious enough.

Not faithless enough.

Just tired enough.

Tired people make emotional decisions.

Tired people can interpret temporary frustration as permanent failure.

Tired people can walk away from things they would have protected when rested.

So sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is refuse to make a major decision while emotionally depleted.

DO NOT ABANDON IN EXHAUSTION WHAT GOD ASSIGNED IN CLARITY. 

John 10:10 (AMPC) “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).”

Jesus contrasts the thief, who comes to steal, kill, and destroy, with His own mission to give abundant life.

Jesus reveals opposing agendas.

Christ brings life.

The thief seeks destruction.

Therefore ask yourself, What is this pressure trying to steal?

Your peace?

Your confidence?

Your obedience?

Your prayer life?

Your willingness to serve?

Your trust?

Your marriage?

Your integrity?

Your assignment?

Sometimes identifying what is being targeted helps reveal what must be guarded.

Philippians 4:13 (AMPC) “I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].”

Paul declares that he has strength for all things through Christ, Who empowers him inwardly and makes him sufficient in Christ's sufficiency.

This scripture is not primarily a slogan for accomplishing whatever human ambition imagines.

Paul is speaking from the context of learning how to remain steady through changing circumstances.

Plenty.

Need.

Comfort.

Difficulty.

His sufficiency was not circumstance-dependent.

That speaks loudly to me.

I do not have to be visually at my best for Christ to remain sufficient.

I do not have to have perfect technology for Christ to remain sufficient.

Everybody I expected to support me does not have to show up for Christ to remain sufficient.

I do not have to understand tomorrow tonight.

CHRIST IS SUFFICIENT NOW.

Psalm 46:1 (AMPC) “GOD IS our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble.”

The psalmist declares God to be our refuge and strength, a very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Do not miss those last words, IN TROUBLE.

Not merely after trouble.

Not only before trouble.

IN TROUBLE.

God does not need to remove you from the battlefield before He can reveal Himself on the battlefield.

Sometimes we pray, “God, get me out!”

And God is demonstrating, “I can keep you while you are in.”

There are deliverances from something.

There are also demonstrations of God's keeping power through something.

And both glorify God.

Reflection and Spiritual Insight

This teaching forced me to ask myself questions I would rather ask somebody else.

Do I still trust God when I cannot see clearly, literally or figuratively?

Do I still believe in my assignment when people I expected to support me disappear?

Can I distinguish between exhaustion and divine redirection?

Am I willing to admit temptation without surrendering to temptation?

When an ungodly thought enters my mind, do I entertain it or capture it?

Have I unconsciously made human affirmation necessary for divine obedience?

Am I serving because people support me, or because God called me?

Can I continue when ministry costs me something?

Do I believe God's strength is actually sufficient when mine is depleted?

And perhaps the hardest question, IF EVERYBODY WHO APPLAUDED ME DISAPPEARED TOMORROW, WOULD I STILL OBEY GOD?

That question reaches beyond ministry.

It reaches marriages.

Businesses.

Families.

Callings.

Dreams.

Assignments.

Christian service.

There comes a moment when God must become enough.

Not God plus applause.

Not God plus support.

Not God plus perfect health.

Not God plus easy circumstances.

Not God plus recognition.

Not God plus people understanding you.

GOD!

Application to Modern Faith

Stop Calling Every Difficulty a Sign to Quit

Difficulty requires discernment, not immediate retreat.

Pray.

Examine yourself.

Seek wise counsel.

Search Scripture.

Listen for God's direction.

Then obey.

Stop Expecting Everyone to Understand Your Assignment

God did not necessarily give everybody else the revelation He gave you.

Support is valuable.

Accountability is necessary.

Wise counsel matters.

Yet obedience cannot be held hostage by popularity.

Guard Your Mind Aggressively

You cannot prevent every thought from knocking.

You can determine which thoughts receive residency.

Measure thoughts against Scripture.

If a thought contradicts God's character, truth, instruction, or your obedience to Christ:

TAKE IT CAPTIVE.

Do Not Romanticize Exhaustion

Rest is not quitting.

Jesus rested.

Your body is not your enemy.

Your limitations do not make you less spiritual.

Sometimes the believer who says, “I need to rest,” is demonstrating more wisdom than the believer who destroys himself trying to prove dedication.

Stay Submitted Before You Start Rebuking

James gives the order.

Submit to God.

Resist the devil.

Do not demand authority in an area where you are refusing obedience.

Remember What the Assignment Is About

The assignment was never about proving how strong you are.

It is about demonstrating how faithful God is.

Five Checkpoints for Every Believer

Your example appropriately makes these checkpoints diagnostic questions rather than merely another teaching list, with each question anchored to scripture.

Am I Standing, or Am I Slowly Retreating?

Ephesians 6:13 (AMPC) “Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].”

When pressure increases, examine your spiritual position.

Have you stopped praying?

Stopped studying Scripture?

Stopped serving?

Stopped believing?

Stopped expecting God to move?

Sometimes retreat does not happen dramatically.

It happens one compromise at a time.

Has warfare pushed me away from God, or deeper into God?

Am I Taking My Thoughts Captive—or Are My Thoughts Taking Me Captive?

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (AMPC) “For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),”

You cannot live victoriously while allowing every thought unrestricted authority.

Thoughts become meditations.

Meditations influence emotions.

Emotions influence decisions.

Decisions create consequences.

Stop the process early.

What thought am I entertaining today that should have been arrested yesterday?

Am I Submitted to God, or Merely Fighting the Devil?

James 4:7 (AMPC) “So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.”

Spiritual warfare without submission becomes religious theater.

You cannot compensate for disobedience with louder prayer.

Ask God where your surrender is incomplete.

Am I asking God for victory while resisting the very obedience through which He intends to lead me?

Am I Interpreting Weakness as Failure, or as an Opportunity for Christ's Strength?

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (AMPC) “But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).”

Weakness does not automatically mean disqualification.

There are moments when weakness strips away the illusion of self-sufficiency and forces us into dependence upon Christ.

Am I trying to appear strong, or am I allowing Christ to be strong through me?

Am I Still Obedient When Nobody Is Applauding?

Galatians 6:9 (AMPC) “And let us not lose heart andgrow weary andfaint in acting nobly anddoing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.”

This one cuts.

Will you continue doing what God told you to do when nobody notices?

Will you serve when nobody thanks you?

Will you write when engagement is low?

Will you preach when the crowd is small?

Will you obey when support disappears?

Will you remain faithful when the harvest has not appeared?

IF THE ONLY PERSON WHO EVER SAID “WELL DONE” WAS JESUS, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH?

Summary

The warfare got loud because your assignment got real.

That statement should never become an excuse for spiritual paranoia, it should become a call to spiritual vigilance.

Not every problem is demonic.

Not every obstacle is warfare.

Not every closed door means Satan.

Not every critic is an enemy.

Not every difficult season proves that you are walking in God's will.

Test everything against Scripture.

Yet never become so sophisticated that you deny what Scripture plainly teaches;

There is spiritual warfare.

There is an adversary.

There are schemes.

There are fiery darts.

There are temptations.

There are strongholds.

There are lies.

And there is a command repeatedly given to God's people:

STAND.

So I am preaching this to myself before I preach it to anybody reading it.

Karl;

When your vision is difficult, STAND.

When technology fails, STAND.

When people cannot reach you, STAND.

When contractual matters become complicated, STAND.

When people you thought would support you disappear, STAND.

When you question yourself, STAND.

When you question whether you want to continue, STAND.

When temptation whispers that maybe you need an old escape, TAKE THAT THOUGHT CAPTIVE AND STAND!

And to whoever is reading this while fighting your own battle;

Your tears do not necessarily mean you have lost.

Your weariness does not necessarily mean you are finished.

Your questions do not automatically mean you have lost your faith.

Your temptation does not mean you must surrender.

Your weakness does not mean Christ has become weak.

And opposition does not possess the authority to cancel an assignment God still requires you to fulfill.

Do not worship the warfare.

Do not magnify the devil.

Do not become obsessed with the ammunition.

DO NOT GIVE HELL MORE ATTENTION THAN YOU GIVE CHRIST!

The point is not how loud the warfare became.

The point is, WHO WILL YOU BE WHEN IT GETS LOUD?

Will you panic?

Will you compromise?

Will you return to old coping mechanisms?

Will you become bitter because people disappeared?

Will you abandon your post?

Or will you plant your feet spiritually, bring your thoughts captive, submit yourself completely to God, put on the whole armor, draw your strength from Christ and declare, “I AM STILL HERE.”

Still praying.

Still believing.

Still obeying.

Still serving.

Still writing.

Still preaching.

Still assigned.

Still standing.

Because maybe the greatest evidence of victory today is not that the warfare suddenly became quiet.

MAYBE THE VICTORY IS THAT IT GOT LOUD, AND YOU DID NOT LEAVE YOUR POST.

Question For Today

When the warfare gets loud enough to attack your peace, your confidence, your relationships, your thoughts, your endurance, and even your desire to continue, will you allow the pressure to drive you away from your assignment, or will you bring every thought captive to Christ, submit yourself completely to God, put on the whole armor, and STILL BE STANDING when the noise finally stops?

If You Have Ears To Hear, Then Hear It!

I pray for you each and every day.

All God's Best!

Karl McKinnie 

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