HOLD YOUR GROUND!

     First of all, I would like to thank God for confirmation! Whew! He is wonderful. Sweet. Awesome. Holy. How could a God so big love someone so small? But, He does. He loves you and me too! (smile)
     Last week was an interesting week for me. Honestly, I could have skipped last week, thank you very much! LOL. But, I thank God for bringing me through and teaching me.  I have to stop here to let people know that my blog posts are to encourage those that can relate to the message I'm trying to get across.They will not resonate with everyone. I don't use all the correct grammar. Here, I like to type like I talk(when in relax mode.) I see my blogs as open journal entries of my experiences that might encourage someone else. Now, back to our regularly scheduled blogging, already in progress....)
     Ok. The week of New Years I was out of town on vacation. I had 4 nights of peace, quiet, communion with God. Mental Rest. It was amazing. On our last day there my daughter became ill. It came out of nowhere.  She was diagnosed with the flu. I was up and down several times during the nights. My question was, "How can I get so much rest only to come back to this?" I even asked... " Can I please get a REPRIEVE? LOL. (I'm being real. I knew I was in war but just wanted to call a TIME OUT. SHOOT! I WAS TIRED!) Her fevers were extremely high. I had taken time off work to go on vacation so my work was piling up but due to her illness I had to be in and out all week so, not a lot was getting done and this is the month that we are preparing for auditing. UGH. Between going back and forth to the doctor, paying copays, filling prescriptions, going to grocery store, ,my finances were taking a hit as well. ( not complaining. giving facts.) To make matters a little more complicated, her high fevers were continuing to rage. I had to take her back to the doctor only to find out she had a sinus infection. She was prescribed an antibiotic in which she had a bad reaction to... SO, see why I could have skipped last week? There were a few other things that happened that I choose not to blog but in a nutshell, I began to get weary, too much going on. WHO WOULDN'T?  The enemy is relentless and is out to kill, steal and destroy and after all of this, he attempted to completely nail me with a situation that literally made me question myself spiritually.  Yes, I staggered. This ain't for the Super Christian. This is for those that are growing and pressing. When this happened, I heard HOLD YOUR GROUND. Immediately I saw two opposing groups about to go to war. It was a large open field and the 2 groups were "facing off". I realized what "hold your ground" meant.  I was to stand FIRM and FIGHT with the Word of God and faith. I was not to retreat. Not back up. Not surrender. Not believe the lies of the enemy or how things might have appeared to be. I might have been wearied at this point but I was to HOLD FAST and not give the enemy any ground. See, God has bought me a LONG WAY and I realized that the enemy of my soul was trying to regain ground and the Lord was telling me to STAND. (Eph.6:10-18)  As I'm sitting here typing, I decided to look up "hold your ground" and TheFreeDictionary.com states "TO REFUSE TO CHANGE YOUR POSITION OR BEHAVIOR". " TO REFUSE TO MOVE BACKWARDS, ESPECIALLY WHILE BEING ATTACKED."  WHOAAAAA GOD!! We are in a war and are called to withstand the enemy's attacks with the Word of God and have our armour on. The enemy is not happy when he sees we are "gaining ground" spiritually. He does not like it when we are growing in God, being delivered, shedding off old thinking and ways and striving to live a life of surrender to the Lord. He will do anything in his power to stop us and to gain back that ground.  We might as well look for the attack, because it's coming. BUT, WE MUST stand firm and recall to mind all that God has done for us in the past. All He has set us free from. We have to stand firm in the Word and in our faith in Him that He has never left us and regardless of what is happening in our lives even now, He never will. He is faithful. We must put this thing in perspective. The enemy is powerful, we are not to underestimate him BUT GOD is all powerful and if we are in Him,, we have the victory and the enemy is already defeated!
HOLD YOUR GROUND.