I’ve
been trying to determine what works in my life to recreate success with my
future goals. When I completed this
task, I thought I’d have a list that would include incidents where my supporters
surrounded me or friends and family came to my rescue, with help or a life
changing word. To my surprise, if these
scenarios happened, it was so rare it’s not worth mentioning. What I found was a list of events where I was
alone with feelings of being abandoned with my enemies raging around me.
Now
I want to make it clear that my enemies are real. I don’t have the kind of enemies that are
passive, nor are they inexperienced in the art of war. My enemies tried to set me up on my job to
humiliate me then get me fired. If I
didn’t quit the job, they would strategically place themselves around contend
with my every effort. My enemy would
work discord in my neighborhood. My enemy will talk about me behind my back
with hideous lies to destroy my character.
My enemies take joy in hearing of my misfortunes and wait to hear of my
destruction from them. If my demise
doesn’t come soon enough, they will see what they do to help speed the process
up. My enemies would attack my children
and my marriage when the attacks against me didn’t work, knowing this would
destroy me. My enemies would turn my
friends against me. Then they would use
them on the inside to stay close to me to further hurt me.
Even
though I felt alone in these situations, I realized God was with me. He would somehow stir something deep within
me, an anger of sorts or a refusal to go down without a fight that would arise
in my spirit and I would come out swinging against the opposition. I had a take no prisoner approach. I fought with the strength that I know only
the Lord could have given me. I gained
the victory over my enemies and negative situations in my life. I learned skillful ways from God to defeat my
enemy and God would not allow a bitterness to build within me that would cause
me to become like my enemies. I learned
a lot about myself from facing my enemies and their attacks. I learned a lot about God, who was my only
source of help. I realized that these
attacks made me stronger and closer to God.
Over time, the attacks let me know that a bigger blessing or level of
promotion was on the way from the Lord.
I would have never gained this knowledge and strength if it had not been
for the malicious attacks of my enemies.
Most important, I learned that if I’m ever to succeed at anything in
life, especially against my enemies, I must depend upon the Lord to guide and
help me.
So
if you’re under attack, don’t give in and please don’t give up. Take a deep breath and a step back and seek
the help of God. He promised never to
leave us or forsake us. He is a master
at strategy and can lead you around any trap of your enemy. He can give you the victory over those that
come against you, if you would just consult Him how to proceed. Don’t be discouraged or dismayed we are more
than conquers though Him that loved us (Romans 8:37). Thank your enemy for letting you know that
your help from God and blessings are on their way.
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