Devotion: Your Constant Helper

This was my devotional thought today from Bible Universe. I especially resonated with these two paragraphs and wanted to share with you all:

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. - 1 Peter 5:6-7

Do not be overanxious about anything. Go quietly about your duty which the day brings you. Do the best you can; ask God to be your helper. Do what you can, and do not neglect to pray and watch thereunto and in no case neglect your religious duties. Never let your studies interfere with your religious exercises. You want to be obtaining a more thorough knowledge of the will of God as well as to advance in the sciences. If one must be neglected, let it never be religious duties. Go on from day to day doing what you well can, and be content with that. You may say, I do the best I can today and leave what I cannot do without worriment or care. And when tomorrow comes I will, in the fear of the Lord, do what I can on the morrow. Thus from day to day pursue your course of duty, trusting in God to be your helper and to give you quick perception and heavenly wisdom that you may be fitted to honor Him with your talents.  

Have you fully consecrated yourself to the Lord? Feel every day, "I am doing my work for God. I am not living for myself, to glorify myself, but to glorify God." Oh, trust in Jesus and not in your own heart. Cast your burdens and yourself upon Him. If you feel no joy, no consolation, do not be discouraged. Hope and believe. You may have a precious experience in the things of God. Wrestle with your discouragements and doubts until you gain the victory over them in Jesus' name. Do not encourage grief, despondency, and darkness. Cast your burden upon Jesus and be sure not to withhold yourself.    

Taken from BibleUniverse.com, Daily Devotion.

The Internal Warfare

The greatest war in the history of mankind is the war with self.

 

Self is an entity that refuses to be silenced. It desires life and its own way and will. The Christian is well aware of his/her own self and how it seeks to stifle the spirit in any way it can. The Bible is filled with scripture reminding us that we are in a constant internal battle that must be fought daily (even moment by moment at times), and that we do not fight alone. Here are some awesome scripture texts that remind and empower us:

Rom 7:21-25-- I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

1 Cor. 15:31-- I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

 

2 Cor. 10:4-- (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Eph. 6:12-- For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 
 

1 Tim. 6:12-- Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

 
 

Heb. 10:32-- But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

 

 
Fight the good fight with Christ. Each and every day, before the demands of the day begins to pile upon you, commit your mind and hearts to Christ early in the morning. Pray for strength and arm yourself with God's armor, and go to battle. Fight on...