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“Some of the spoils won in battles they dedicated to maintain the house of the Lord.” I Chronicles 26:27 (NKJV)

We will have battles! Children of God are not exempt from conflict. Why does God allow us to go through spiritual warfare?

When we fight battles, God doesn’t want us to come out just a survivor. He wants us to come out with spoils, loot, stuff because we are MORE than conquerors!

God will never allow battles He knows we cannot win. The warfare is maintenance for the house of God, you and I, when we need some repair from time to time. If we don’t have something to reach into…a storehouse of resources, the house will go into disrepair. We don’t come out of battles scarred and bloody saying, “glad I survived!” We come out victorious in the Lord with spoils, plunder and loot taken from the enemy.

Right now, maybe you’re going through “something.” The Lord did not allow the conflict to spiritually keep you where you were before the battle. God wants you to come out changed, victorious, full of faith in the power of God. We become who we are today because of what we went through yesterday. All the battles, conflict, warfare whether it’s health, financial, relational. We come out not who we were going in.

You will not come out talking like you used to talk but speaking dynamic faith. Praying like you used to pray but praying by the power of the Holy Ghost. Reading the Bible isn’t humdrum…the words leap off the page. All because of the spoils God allowed us to obtain during life’s battles.

Do not throw in the towel. Do not say, “devil you win.” Stand! Plant your feet in God. We may not understand how or when the battle will end, but know this, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me…”

“Father, You built the church from flesh and bone. It’s our responsibility to maintain it using our battle spoils. We’re not asking You to bring us out of the battle, but do not let us come out like we went in.”

For His Glory

Kim Lacey Schock (www.KimLaceySchock.com)
TRBC Women’s Life