We go into Battle in the Flesh We should know Why we Lose the Battle—R Fritz
I listen to what I hear people say. It is the same words people said before I knew Jesus. Being in the flesh when I was a young believer was always a losing place to be it was where Satan wants us to be. We do not win the battles because Satan baits us to stay in the flesh. The Spirit is where Satan Loses. The Bible talks about love covering sin, fear and loving our neighbor. What I see after people talking about love is they do not see anything happening then their next move shows what they believe because they talk about doing what men will try to control the situation on their own. It shows they are not spiritual or do not understand what spiritual is because not believing what the Bible says. What we first need to understand is God is love, not as the love we know, that is where we believe we love when God is the essence of love. 1 John 4:16,18-19 says “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” We know love as we have received love as God’s love is different as he defines it. “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” Fear is overcome through God’s love (perfect love). Fear has torment or a feeling, something I learned when I overcome fear.
What I have learned is in God’s presence there is love and peace, which is a place I do not want to leave. I have a place where I pray and God and I communicate back and forth to each other.It is a place where I do not want to leave in my house. The Holy Spirit lives in us or comes upon us. We are the temple for the Holy Spirit which is always with us. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Jesus paid the price with his death for our sin so we could have God’s Spirit live in us when we gave our life to Jesus, what we did not know was we got the answer to all our problems. We just need to ask questions, understand who he is and know that he is waiting on us to have a relationship with us. What I say to people is to ask God to show us who God is. I guarantee God will and if we keep looking for him, we will find out exactly who he is. I say these things because that is what I did because I was going to find God.
I wanted to find and know God because the battles I went through were spiritual battles which I needed God to win, as I found out later, I did not have the knowledge nor the tools to win. We all have that same need whether we know it or not. Our battles are spiritual battles we have fought in the flesh and lost. Physical or medical battles are also spiritual battles that are lost in the flesh and yes, we win the small battles but lose many big battles. We have nobody to tell us because we do not know we fight spiritual battles. I had these battles twenty-five years ago when people told me to fight in the spirit, but when I asked how to do that, they could not tell me how to fight in the spirit. That was until the Holy Spirit sent somebody to show me then after a short time told me the Holy Spirit would teach me spiritual things. Getting the answer required me to trust and believe what the Holy Spirit said then put it to action where fear wanted to stop me. As we see there are a lot of things going on in the spirit as we show our belief in our actions. God is looking at who he can count on to be used to be his mouthpiece, hands, and feet. If we would take some time to consider what must happen for God to move people, we would understand why it is so important to obey God for our sake. Some of the things we believe are our motives to move are what the Holy Spirit has instilled in us. The problem that happens is we think we know more than we do, it is where pride wants to show up without us seeing it coming upon us. We think we do not need God; we can do life by ourselves. Pride comes before the fall and dwells in the heart where the Holy Spirit dwells. God will not reside where other spirits reside, we choose who will reside in us. Mark 7:21-23 says and this is Jesus speaking “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness (lustful), an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” We need to choose who we want to be or where our thoughts come from.
We need God in all circumstances as well as we keep praying, God will show us the truth if we ask. That depends on us and how important it is to know God, receive his blessings and to change our life into something where God and the Holy Spirit are leading. That only happens if our old life in the flesh is changed into a spiritual life where our whole life, physical, mental, and spiritual becomes who we are. The leader of our family and follower of Jesus where our eternal home is defined. Every day has a plan with God, enjoy life. God Bless.
