Fight the Good Fight of Faith

Lately God has been speaking to me to Fight the Good Fight of Faith. Recently I came home from a nine day ministry trip exhausted and spiritually frazzled. After canceled flights, delayed flights (it took me 12 hours to travel from Indiana to Los Angeles) I stood wearily at baggage claim to pick up my suitcase so that I could get on the notoriously crowed L.A. freeway to fight my way through the traffic. But my luggage never showed up, so that involved another hour of nonsense to file a delayed luggage claim. I got to my car at 5:00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in FULL rush hour traffic.

While sitting in the parking lot (otherwise known as the 405 Freeway) I was scanning for a Christian radio station, when I came upon a fiery female preacher yelling (not usually my favorite way to be taught the word of God) a message about "Fighting the Good Fight of Faith." And as I listened, God did something in my heart. The more I listened to that "screaming preacher" the more my spirit came alive. The longer I listened, the more my heart soared. I was lifted up by the preaching of God's word and strengthened in my resolve to continue to press on in the high calling of Christ.

It's funny that God used canceled and delayed flights, lost luggage (I got it back later that week), and even the dreaded Los Angeles traffic to get me in the right place at the right time to hear His word for me. He knew that I needed His encouragement more than I needed air that day. And it's not that things had gone wrong with my trip, on the contrary. I had been interviewed on two great Christian TV shows. But our enemy is real and sometimes I forget that the more I step out doing God's will for my life, the more the attack comes. It's a fight sometimes.

If you've stepped out for God lately and now you find yourself discouraged, beat up, or weary, you're not alone. Don't let the attack stop you. Fight the Good Fight of Faith.