win or lose

Everywhere i look these days it seems there is some sort of battle going on.  Might be an actual battle, or a verbal battle, or a mental battle.  No matter how much you think you might have it under control, we all fight a battle on the inside.  All too often people try to wrestle with the inner demons on our own.  We were never meant to deal with this sort of battle. 

Colossians 1:15-22

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God,
    the firstborn of all creation.
¹⁶ He created all things in heaven and on earth,
    visible and invisible.
        Whether they are kings or lords,
            rulers or powers—
                everything has been created through him and for him.
¹⁷ He existed before everything
    and holds everything together.
¹⁸ He is also the head of the church, which is his body.
    He is the beginning,
    the first to come back to life
        so that he would have first place in everything.

¹⁹ God was pleased to have all of himself live in Christ. ²⁰ God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ’s blood sacrificed on the cross.

²¹ Once you were separated from God. The evil things you did showed your hostile attitude. ²² But now Christ has brought you back to God by dying in his physical body. He did this so that you could come into God’s presence without sin, fault, or blame. 


Why do we insist on trying to fight it out on our own?  Jesus already paid the price and provided the answer on calvalry.  It really doesn't matter what battle we fight, Jesus is always the answer! 


Father i know there are people right now who are fighting their own battle, leaving you out of it.  I pray that you would intercede.  I pray that they would truly know that you are able and willing to Totally cleanse them from the inside out, that you will wash them whiter than snow! I pray that we would all remember that when things seem to be going rough...to wave our white flag and surrender it to  you!