January 10
Why it is that survivors’ of childhood sexual abuses,
adult sexual abuses, or any type of abuse think that they should fight any
battle on their own? Also, why do survivors think that they have to fight their
demons in their own strength? Why is it that we survivors become offensive and
defensive towards individuals that do not agree with us who try to change our
minds about our abuse? We fight to keep our dignity, reputation, our sanity and
much more. We are constantly in a fight, both internally and externally. It
just seems that we are fighting for our own existence.
You know, I think that the battle that is
most alarming is the battle that we struggle with the most is internally. You
know the battle that goes on in your mind when all else is quiet the battle is
raging inside as loud as it can get? Yeah! That battle. If you have been abused
as a child or even as an adult, you cannot forget what happened to you, it
seems as if disturbing memories are in a loop and they don’t stop. You are
battling your demons and at times they may seem as if they are winning.
Did you know that the real battle that you are facing
internally first takes place at the heart? It is a heart condition. Your heart
was broken not to mention your spirit as well. I need you to hear this…you
don’t have to face your battles alone. You can become a fearless warrior in
this battle. You may be asking yourself, how? Well, the answer may be simple
but the task may seem hard which is surrendering to Christ. If you want to heal
from your past then you must surrender. Resistance is futile! By surrendering
your allegiance to the true Commander in Chief of all Creation, then he will equip
you to fight the good fight instead of fighting with yourself and others in
your life.
God has given us the weapons for defense purposes but, have
you ever thought that in the spiritual realm we have power now? When using the
WORD is it a defensive or offensive weapon and do you know the difference? So,
stop fighting your own battles by yourself. You are already more than a
conqueror. The Bible states this in Ephesians 6:37 “Yet
in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
A book written by Watchman Nee wrote the following:
- Nearly all weapons of our warfare described in Ephesians are purely defensive. Even the sword can be used as well for defense as for offense. The difference between defensive and offensive warfare is this, that in the former I have got the ground and only seek to keep it, whereas in the latter I have not got the ground and am fighting in order to get it. And that is precisely the difference between the warfare waged by the Lord Jesus and the warfare waged by us. His was offensive; our is, in essence, defensive. He warred against Satan in order to gain the victory. Through the Cross he carried that warfare to the very threshold of Hell itself, to lead forth thence his captivity captive (4:8, 9). Today we war against Satan only to maintain and consolidate the victory which Christ has already gained. (Nee, 1957, p. 54)
I got so excited when I read this. We have a Commander in
Chief, weapons and a plan (Bible) Ephesians 6. We know the true enemy using
others and what he is after which is our soul. Our enemy (Satan) is the one
behind our abuse and also behind our torments. Understanding this gives us
power. We must be able to decipher when to use the offensive and defensive
weapons. Christ already warred against Satan and his army and achieved His victory.
So, we are not fighting for victory but rather, we fight from victory.
- By the resurrection God proclaimed his Son victor over the whole realm of darkness, and the ground Christ won he has given to us. We do not need to fight to obtain it. We only need to hold it against all challengers. Our task is one of holding, not of attacking. It is a matter not of advance but of sphere, the sphere of Christ. In the person of Jesus Christ, God has already conquered. He had given us his victory to hold. Within the sphere of Christ the enemy’s defeat is already a fact, and the Church has been put there to keep him defeated. Satan is one who must do to counterattacking in his effort to dislodge us from that sphere. For our part we need not struggle to occupy ground that is already ours. In Christ we are conquerors- nay, “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37). In him, therefore, we stand. Thus today we do not fight for victory; we fight from victory. We do not fight in order to win but because in Christ we have already won. Overcomes are those who rest in the victory already given to them by their God. (Nee, 1957, p. 55)
Isn't this amazing! My questions to you today what and who are you in a
battle with? Are you battling your demons from your past? How are you fighting it?
What can you give to God and what has God given to you
for healing to take place?
Remember, you are more than a conqueror!
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