As I continue to reflect on this past Memorial Day and give thanks for the people who have fought battles for me, here's one of my favorite Day of Praise devotionals from the past.
"Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down." - Proverbs 26:20
We all have different battlefields. So we all have different battles. But ultimately the war is all the same.
Every human being lives a life of faith, not because every human being has faith in God, but because every human being has faith in something.
Of course, it's only when our faith is in God that the battles and the war can be won. And therein lies the war that's set before us all.
Today, every single one of us is going to encounter a number of quarrels. Some of those quarrels will be between two people. Most of the quarrels will be within the one person who's in front of us.
Here are the words of God through Paul in Romans 7:21-25, describing the quarrel within, "So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!"
In sum, God's word alone through Jesus is able to deliver a human being from the war being waged within us.
So, be a warrior today.
Acknowledge that there's a battle going on in every person. But instead of "adding fuel to the fire," speak the word that alone can deliver a human being from the war being waged within us.
Speak of Jesus. Speak the love and truth of the word of God to the most important person in the world...which is the one standing right before you.
Praise God!
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