FIGHT

Text : 1Tim 6:12.

 *Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.* 

This is the only fight you are permitted to engage in as a child of God -The good fight of faith. To fight is to contend as in conflict for something or someone. 

This suggests that there is a conflict going on over you as far as your faith is concerned. Now, the fact that you are oblivious of this fight doesn't make it less of a fight, rather, it only makes you more vulnerable to be a prey.

Hence, the first step towards fighting a good fight of faith is knowledge:

First, you must know that you are in a fight. 

Secondly, you must know how to equip yourself with the necessary weapons of war. 

We are told in 2Cor. 10:4 & 5 that the weapons of our warfare are not those of the world. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down arguments

and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.

From the aforementioned scriptures, we can clearly infer the followings:

1. That we are in a warfare.

2. Typical of anybody in warfare, we make use of weapons, 

3. That we are not using worldly weapons because we are not fighting against flesh and blood. Eph. 6:12.

4. That what our (spiritual) weapon is targeting is 

a. The pulling down of fortresses(strongholds).

b. Tearing down of arguments, dealing with wrong ideas that people think. 

c. Pulling down high obstacles that stop people from knowing God. *Note that the target of these obstacles is to stop people from having the knowledge of God.* 

d. Taking hold of every thought and bringing it to obey Christ. 

It is clear that _all of our weapons has something to do with knowledge and our thought patterns_ . The moment your thought is captured, then, the man is captured. Because whoever rules your mind rules your life. Basically, a man is a summation of his thoughts - as a a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Prov. 26:7.

This is why the devil's greatest weapon is ignorance. Ignorance simply means darkness. When you are ignorant about something, you are in the dark about that thing. And this is why Jesus came to give us light, so we will not be in darkness (ignorance) anymore. 

In him (In Jesus Christ) was life, and that life brought light to humanity.

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. John 1:4-5.

This light comes by understanding. Pro 4:7 says Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Paul prayed for the Ephesian church that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: note

 *The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Eph. 1:17-18.* 

The essence of the spirit of wisdom and revelation is so that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened. It is only then that you will know what the hope of your calling is. 

Again, He is saying to you today that in all your getting, get understanding. *You are only well positioned to Fight and to win when light comes to you, and when understanding floods your heart.* 

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Lord, let your light dispel every darkness in me. 

2. Father, please, flood my heart with the spirit of understanding and revelation. 

Bible Reading: 1 Tim. 6:11-21.

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