"Faith Under Fire"

Not long ago the Lord spoke this to my spirit. Hes like Brian Dont fight your faith, use your faith to fight and your fights will always be good" God said through the mouth of Paul Fight the good fight of faith(1 Tim 6:12) Notice, he doesent say that we wont be in afight, it says that the fight will be good if we use our faith to fight! There are only two things in the bible that word PRECIOUS is attatched too. The fist is the blood of Jesus and the other is faith. Faith is the most precious thing that we've got going on this people planet. Without it we cannot please God, we cannot be saved, and were unable to recieve all thats been made available on the pantry of Heaven. This is what the enemy is after! Its not so much us,but our Faith. I want you to seperate youself from your faith. In other words when the fiery trial comes, dont take it personally. Its just faith under fire. The bible says the trials of our faith are more precious than gold(1 Peter 1:7) Our faith is like daily on the witness stand. The devil realizes & recognizes his defeat is found in our faith in God! The Lord has ministered to me a number of things faith can do in our life causing to shine like golden day. First, faith is not suprised. The bible says in 1Peter 4:12 Be not suprised by the fiery trial thats come to test the quality of your faith as through some strange thing is happening. Satan often tries to work through the element of suprise. Remember D day during the second world war? The Japanese had a suprise attack and it worked like a charm. Who can ever forget Americas new day of imfamy Sepetember 11, 2001? It was a suprise attack upon our nations very own soil. Faith is prepared, Faith looks ahead, faith equips itself with the full armor lifting up that sensational shield that quenches all the fiery darts of the wicked one. No matter what fiery trial thats come, dont forget its agenda is to shipwreck your faith. Jesus told the dsciples BEFORE they were ever in the midst of the storm "Get to the otherside"(Mark 4:35) In other words faith in God was going to get them through and out of the storm. Jesus is the word So another way to say faith in God, is saying faith in his words. We said in a past blog, were commanded to ATTEND to his words(Prov 4:20) Storms and trials have a voice. Jesus answered the fig tree. Right? Faith has our answer to the trial! Second Faith speaks. Our words are always important, but they are like especially when in the midst of a fiery trial. The woman with the issue of blood is an excellant example and illustration. Here she was, with this condition that was regarded in the very same category as leprocy. This meant that when anyone came in contact with her, immediately they would have to scream UNCLEAN UNCLEAN. Can someone say spotlight? Next, she was a woman and in that day unfortunately were considered lower and inferior. Third, there was this enormous crowd that stood between her and her miracle. How many you know, the enemy doesent pace himself lol He very much so enjoys "pouring it on" It says two very significant things, she heard and she said. The bible says that When she heard of Jesus, she came behind the press and SAID If I may touch the hem of his garment, I SHALL BE MADE WHOLE(Mark 5:27,28) This is faith speaking! Notice faith does not DENY, IT RELIES! She did'nt go around saying she did'nt have an issue of blood, but she SPOKE the answer to it! It was her faith in Jesus ability that she had HEARD. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God(Rom 10:17) Was her saying intrecal & critical in her recieving? The answer is a resounding YES! Number three, Faith REJOICES. 1 Peter 1:6 says through now for a season you be in trial, REJOICE exeedingly. Zero in on the word season lol Hey, its come to pass, not to stay. However its all about are response in the middle of it. The Children of Isreal were camped right next to the promieland. It should've been just an eleven day journey, but it turned into forty years! What happened? It was in their reaction to their surroundings. Can we prolong our stay? Scripture is crystal clear we can. How do we rejoice? Phil 4:4 rejoice and AGAIN I say rejoice. In other words we rejoice by choice! Eleanor Rossevelt once said "No one can make me feel inferior without my consent" No trial can prevent our praise and our rejoice choice lol Please listen, its an act of will not feelings and emotions. There was a jewish Dr. by the name of Victor Frankel. He was captured by the nazis during the holocost. They shaved off all his hair and placed upon his arm a tatoo for poloitical prisoners. After it mercilessly ended, He was asked how he endured such inhumane treatment? He simply responded "Everything can be taken from a man, except ones right to CHOOSE." How powerful is that! The bible says when we faint in the day of battle our strength is small(Prov 24:10) Its not the time to WHINE, ITS THE TIME TO SHINE! The final one, Faith is persistent! An awesome quote goes Nonething can take the place of persistence, talent will not, nonething is more common that unsuccesful men with talent. Education will not, the world is full of educated diralects. Determination and PERSISTENCE are alone important" A sign that I remeber hung on the cuboard of my third grade class. It read Determination overcomes ALL obstacles. Persistence & determination are like identical twins. Persistence says "Tough times dont last, but tough people do!" Persistence says " I WILL NOT QUIT, and I refuse to be defeated! Persistence is Noah building the ark in the midst of a completely godless generation, persistence is Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, persistence is the three hebrews refusing to bend and bow to the golden image, persistence is Jesus for the joy that was "set before him" enduring the cross for you and I. show the enemy that you have much more persistence than him. We find the persistence of satan, when Jesus tells Peter "Behold satan DESIRES to sift you as wheat(Luke 22:31) Pay particular attention the word desire. This is a total indicater of persistence! The best answer to pressure, IS PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!