IF YOU ARE not triumphing over problems and living an unlimited life, it’s important for you to understand that God wants to answer your prayers. He wants you to renew your mind with His Word and change your mind for the better, thinking His thoughts and walking in His ways. He wants you to learn to fight the good fight of faith.
1 TIMOTHY 6:12 (NKJV)
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
By the Spirit of God, the Apostle Paul was urging Timothy (and God is urging us today) to fight the good fight of faith.
The fight of faith is a good fight because it’s a fight we ALWAYS WIN!
God Wants You to Learn to Fight!
Notice Paul called it the good fight of faith. The fight of faith is a good fight because it’s a fight we always win! When we walk by faith in God’s Word, we’re guaranteed to win in life’s tests and challenges. Real faith, Bible faith, always ends in victory, leaving defeat and despair behind (2 Cor. 2:14).
I’m not saying walking by faith is easy and won’t take effort on our part. Paul called it the good fight of faith. This fight is a part of faith. Too many people want to fight with other people, but the Bible says that our fight is not with flesh and blood (Eph. 6:12). Our fight is to stand our ground against the fear, doubt, and unbelief Satan brings. We must fight to believe, say, and do God’s Word so we triumph in life’s trials.
To fight the good fight of faith successfully, we have to believe God’s Word, say God’s Word, and do God’s Word.
Believe
The first aspect of the good fight of faith is believing. We must continually fight to believe God’s Word, because the enemy will try to steal the Word from us through thoughts of doubt and unbelief. We must fight to hold on to what we believe. To do that, we have to feed on God’s Word until it is so strong in us that nothing can move us from it and no one can talk us out of it.
As we take hold of God’s Word with our heart, we should begin to see ourselves with the manifestation of that Word in our lives. We should see it with our spiritual eyes as done.
I’m not talking about just positive thinking. I’m talking about believing in the power of God’s Word! I’m talking about being fully persuaded that what God promised, He is able also to perform (Rom. 4:21).
Say
The second aspect of the good fight of faith is saying. We must continually fight to say what the Word says instead of what our problems and circumstances look like. We should never face the enemy, our trials, or our problems with our mouths shut! Instead, we need to confront them and boldly confess what the Bible says about our situation.
The pattern of “believing and saying” isn’t man’s idea. This is God’s pattern; it’s how He created the world to begin with (Heb. 11:3). God said, “Let there be . . . ,” and there was (Gen. 1:3–28).
The Bible says we are created in the likeness of God and that we should imitate Him “as dear children” (Gen. 1:26; Eph. 5:1 NKJV). Therefore, we should imitate this pattern of believing and saying in our own lives.
So what should we believe and say? Exactly what God says in His Word. Believing and speaking God’s Word lifts us out of defeat and sets us on the path to victory. It strengthens our spirit, renews our mind, and gives us a new, positive attitude of faith and victory.
Do
The third aspect of the good fight of faith is doing. Some people are confused about what it means to act on the Word of God. Simply translated, it means to act like the Bible is so—because it is.
Have you ever felt like you were “between a rock and a hard place”? Moses found himself in that position when Pharaoh’s army took off in pursuit of the newly freed Israelites. With the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptians behind them, the children of Israel had nowhere to go.
Moses cried out to God on behalf of the people, and God answered, “Why are you crying to Me? Tell the people to go forward!”
Then God told Moses, “Stretch forth your rod over the sea and divide it.”
Moses did as God said, the sea parted, and the Israelites passed through on dry ground (Exod. 14:5–31).
You may be between “the enemy and the sea” in whatever you’re facing. God is saying to you, “Stretch forth your rod and go forward.” In other words, He’s saying, “You do something!”
Moses’ rod was a symbol of God’s spoken Word. Today, our rod is our speaking the revelation of God’s Word that’s in our heart. We don’t have a literal rod in our hand to stretch out over our problem, but we do have the Word in our mouth (Rom. 10:8).
Moses’ rod was one of authority. And we as believers have been given spiritual authority. Jesus gave us our authority (Luke 10:19 NKJV). We have been authorized to use His Name and His Word over all the power of the enemy.
Yet many people whine and cry, “I need someone to pray for me. The devil has been after me.”
But the Bible doesn’t say we should have someone else pray that the devil stop attacking us. It says, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). In other words, we resist the devil.
A Winning Combination
Don’t have the attitude that you’ll wait until you see the answer to your problem before you start believing. Start believing right now that God’s Word is true! Start saying now, “In Christ, I’m a winner.” Start acting victoriously because that’s how God sees you.
The devil will try to condemn you and weaken your faith. You must stand your ground against him. You’ll have to fight to believe God’s Word, hold on to your beliefs, and continually say what His Word says.
You can rely on God’s faithfulness and His love for you. You can say with Paul, “Nothing can separate me from the love of my limitless God” (Rom. 8:38–39) and “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13 NKJV). You can “believe, say, and do” your way to victory!
Author
Kenneth W. Hagin
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