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Fight the Good Fight

Lately I have found myself battling those same demons from my past, but those demons have been disguised in different, prettier packages.  None-the less, they are the same demons.  So, I questioned, God, why does this keep happening?  Why do I continue returning to those things that I have been so adamant about never going near again?  The answer came before I could even finish my thought.  "Stop starving me,"  He said.  At that moment, I am reminded of the following passage from 2 Peter 2:20-22:
And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.  It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”
I cannot express strongly enough the importance of arming yourself daily--putting on the whole armor of God, feeding on The Word, praying without ceasing, seeking FIRST the Kingdom of God.  Our Spirit has to be fed.  In doing so, we are starving the flesh.  Scripture provide us with what we need in order to fight the "fight of Faith."  2 Corinthians 10:4 tell us, "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds" and we are further instructed by 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to "never stop praying."

More Scriptures to fill our arsenal:

John 16:33 "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

1 John 4:4 "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."

1 John 5:4-5 "For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.  And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God."

And finally...

1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you..."


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