Insight #31

FIGHT II

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.

This week we’ll continue from where we stopped last time. This is, ‘how to fight’. The last point we considered last week was “Using the word of God that you’ve put in your heart”.

(iii) Use your confession strategically.

Last week we learnt that putting God’s promises in your mouth and using it continuously is a way in which we are to fight for our rights as Christians. But that’s not enough…in order to achieve maximum results from your confession; you have to do it strategically. What do I mean by this? I mean you have to take extra time to study the bible and listen in church in order to find the confession that suits your current situation best. Let me give an example; a common mistake a lot of students make is to use “I’m head and not tail, on top only and not beneath” in order for them to understand what they learn in class. Even thought this piece of scripture is extremely valuable, it’s not too applicable to that situation…why? Well it’s because that scripture says you’ll be the head… which is relative i.e. it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have the understanding of all the subjects you do, it only means you’ll be head and not tail…so whatever you need to be head, will be given to you because that’s what you asked for. A more suitable confession will be… “I have more understanding than my teachers” this applies almost directly to the situation. Hence, making this a better choice for that situation. That’s the power of strategy. This confession guarantees you all the understanding you need, and combined with the first confession we discussed will guarantee that you’re always head too. The beauty of this is that when you combine both, you have both understanding and outstanding success guaranteed. This is the power of strategy. Use it wisely. Always remember that God gave you faith, promises, and intellect to be used as thus; Faith to back up the promises you have converted into your confession and intellect to choose the scripture that best applies. And most of all, the Holy spirit to help you coordinate and oversee the whole process. Remember the promises are there in the bible, it takes you to find them and organise them in the best way possible and use them to fight against the devil.

Remember to join us next week as we continue our interesting 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.,