Who Says When the Battle is Over?

TODAY’S PROVERB: Bloodthirsty people hate a man of integrity and seek the soul of the upright. Proverbs 29:10

There are those who’ve been so long in the dark they hate the light—and anyone who resides in its warmth. 

Evil seeks any means to expand its territory. All it needs is fear and apathy—which is why it works to promote that “what’s the use” mentality.

I was thinking, as believers, we tend to focus our attention on what’s left of our territory. We can live in a state of resignation that this is just the way of the world. But, really, we should live in a state of determination to see GOD’s Kingdom expand.

There’s a powerful scene in the Lord of the Rings movie—the Return of the King—when the Orcs have overrun one of Gondor’s cities. They have their eyes on the palace and total domination. They don’t realize there are armies uniting to fight and their fate is doomed because mankind said, “No!” With all they have, they fight. 

The scene I member is when the Orcs hear the battle cry of mankind and there is shock and fear. They believed they had already won—the territory was theirs. But it wasn’t theirs.

Through living His Word, evangelism, discipleship, deliverances, and praise and worship of the Most High, we can take back what the enemy has stolen. We can fight.

May we fight and take back what belongs to GOD, my friends.

Proverbs 29:10, Tree of Life Bible Society, Tree of Life Version, #tlvbible, #tlvproverbs