Gloria Copeland — Fight On!

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Gloria Copeland

“I’m tired of fighting! As soon as I whip one problem, there are a hundred more knocking at my door!”

Some years ago a friend of mine said those very words to the Lord. At the time, she was weary from the battles of life and ministry. She was fatigued from the constant pressure of pushing back the powers of darkness in her own life and in the lives of those around her. I’ll never forget the Lord’s response to her as she voiced her frustration. He said, What is an army for, if not to fight? You’ll either be fighting or retreating from now until Jesus returns!

Those words come as a shock to many Christians. They don’t want to be warriors. They want a comfortable, easy life. They want to lie back, take it easy and go on a spiritual vacation. But that’s not what we as believers are called to do.

We’re called to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). We are an army and we are at war, “not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).

But we are not in this war without help. God has given us spiritual weapons that are “mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” (2 Corinthians 10:4). He has given us His own armor (see Ephesians 6:10-18). In other words, He has equipped us to be spiritual soldiers in His army.

Gloria Copeland

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