Insight #30

FIGHT

Welcome to yet another edition of insight, a weekly write-up for teenagers and young adults for the purpose of enlightening teens on God’s plan for their lives and also to help them handle various situations they go through every day. At insight we believe that even though kids might be the future, teens are the immediate future, so I strongly believe that teens of whatever age or class should take themselves serious. God bless you as you read.

These days most Christians just waltz around as if they aren’t different from anyone else. They portray themselves as people who everyone can take advantage of. A lot of us (Christians) believe that as Christians we are supposed to just take anything life throws at us and accept it. Some people even believe that some negative things that happen to them were from God. Well regardless of your beliefs or opinion concerning such issues, I’m here to tell you that as a child of God, you’re supposed to FIGHT. What do I mean by fight? When should you fight? And how should you fight? All these questions will be answered as we begin this new topic today.

First, I’ll explain what I meant by fight. To fight as a Christian doesn’t mean using your fists to settle things neither does it mean using violence. Fighting as a Christian involves you knowing your rights both as a citizen and more importantly, as a Christian. As a Christian you are special, you are different and the negative rules of life don’t apply to you. Now the devil knows this but he likes to play on people’s ignorance. He knows that as long as you’re ignorant of vital scriptures, he can rob you of your victory, and he can keep you failing your exams, he can keep you sick, he can keep you in sorrow. This is why you must fight. In life the devil will keep imposing these things on you except you stand up and fight because if you don’t the devil is going to keep you bound by failure, poverty, sorrow and a whole list of other negative things.

Let’s move on to when you must fight. You must fight every day. Why, because the devil is relentless in his efforts and will work tirelessly to frustrate you as a Christian and to cheat you out of what God has for you. And you must be ready to fight, fight and fight…as a Christian, the bible says that you are a warrior. A warrior doesn’t fight once, a warrior fights continually and is always ready to fight.

Having considered all these conditions, now we will look at how to fight. There are many ways in which we can fight against all the negative situations the devil will want to bring our way. Those ways include;

(i) Having a strong understanding of the word of God; This is important because, you wont know what to fight and how to fight against it if you don’t know that youre being cheated somewhere. This might not look like a means of fighting but it is extremely crucial in your battle against the various devices of the devil.

(ii) Using the word of God that you’ve put in your heart; It isn’t enough to have an understanding of God’s word but you must put it into active confession by constantly and incessantly saying what God has said concerning your situation. You will get more accurate in your confession because accuracy is extremely necessary for you to get the best results.

Join us next week as we continue this crucial study. God bless you.

Prayer; Dear father, I ask that you’ll help me to understand why and how I’m to fight against what the devil might try to force on me, using your word and power. In Jesus’ name. Amen