The Battle Has Been Won

Hello Friends! It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I don’t even want to use the word “busy” as an excuse because even though my life is always busy, that has never kept me from blogging before. To be real, I haven’t felt like writing in a while, which is highly unusual for me. I have honestly just wanted to sit in the presence of God as much as possible, worshiping, sitting and listening for HIS voice. Not that I couldn’t sit in the presence of God while writing. That’s just not what I felt like God had for me during that time. Oh and I’ve been spending a lot of time with loved ones 🙂

Hopefully, you are not looking at the dates of when I blog. If you are, then you will realize it really has been a long time. However, if you are into dates, such as myself, you may have noticed it has been a year since I first launched my blog.

Over the past couple of weeks I have wrestled with the idea of blogging and wondered if it was time to stop because I haven’t felt like writing in a while. The short answer is “no.” I feel like I should still keep writing. I just needed to wait for God to give me the words to say. I want everything I say and do to honor the Lord. If I’m not doing something to honor the Lord, then I shouldn’t do it. So, I wanted to wait until the right time to post my next blog.

Yesterday afternoon, I was playing my drumset in the part of my apartment that gets the most of my attention when I am praying, worshiping, reading and writing; my guest bedroom/office. Mainly because it’s the part of my home that is furthest away from my neighbors side of our duplex, and I can tend to be loud when I worship. As I was worshiping, God put the phrase “The Battle Has Been Won” on my heart. All I could do was gleam with joy because I knew the battle really has been won.

Have you or maybe someone you know been facing any battles lately? Not only have I been facing battles of my own, but I have also known others to be facing battles. To know that the battle really has been won is encouraging. The battle was won when Jesus was crucified and rose again from the dead on the third day.

The scriptures tell us that in Jesus’ last days on earth he was mocked by the people, he was betrayed by one of his own followers and he was abused. Scripture also tells us that in that same week (knowing what was to come) Jesus chose to wash his disciples feet, he chose to serve and he chose to love. Mark 15:34 says “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ Which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.” (ESV Translation)

It brings tears to my eyes just reading this. He could have saved himself, he was the Son of God. Yet he didn’t because he knew this had to take place so that we could be saved.

Jesus died and was buried, and for three days darkness came over the earth. On the third day, when the Sabbath had past a few of Jesus’ friends: Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James went to the tomb where Jesus was buried to visit him. When they arrived to the tomb, they saw the stone had been rolled away. When they looked up, they saw a young man sitting by where Jesus had been laid. The man said to them “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here.” Mark 16:6 (ESV Translation)

The battle has been won! The battle was won when Jesus rose from the dead. No matter what we go through, we can always know that the battle has already been won. No one ever said life would be easy. Sometimes life can be very hard and we are still going to face difficult times, but we can take courage in knowing that our battle has already been won. This is not the end game. This does not have to be the final result. We are just here temporarily. I am so thankful to know a God that loves his people so much, loves you and I so much, that he would send his son to die on a cross and to fight our battles for us so that we could be victorious and live with him forever.

If you haven’t accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I hope you will join this journey with me. I hope you will come to know the God that makes all things possible. The one that will always be victorious. In the words of an old friend of mine, “I have seen the end of the book, we win!” So when life gets to hard to stand, when you are facing those battles, don’t be afraid to fall to your knees and ask God for help. I have to ask Him for help all of the time, because I know I can’t do this alone. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.” Romans 15:13

God Bless.