The Fight is fixed
Imagine you are a boxer and you have a title fight, but the good thing about this fight, is that the fight is fixed. You have the guarantee that you will win the fight and that has gotten you so excited.
You go off announcing to all your friends how you are the champion and how your opponent does not stand a chance. In the midst of all the announcing and the celebration, you lose track of time and you end up not showing for the fight.
In your absence you end up forfeiting the fight and though you had the guarantee of winning because the fight was fixed, you end up losing the fight.
How do you lose a fixed fight? It is like doing an exam that already had all the answers marked out but you still don’t make the pass mark.
The children of Israel are just about to begin possessing the land the Lord promised their fore father Abraham. God tells them that the city is theirs to take, He has already given them the strategy, and it is a done deal.
What do you think would have happened had the Israelites not showed up for the fight? The walls of Jericho would have remained standing.
God had done his part and now the Israelite had their part to do, they have to go in there and fight. Many of us are losing a battle that we have a guarantee to win because we are not showing up for the fight, and even when we do, we run away or give up the moment we encounter a little resistance.
We expect to walk around out Jericho, shout, the walls come tumbling down and as soon as that happens, the inhabitants of Jericho take off and leave everything to us. That is not what happened when Joshua was given the guarantee over Jericho.
Joshua 6:20 The priests blew their trumpets again, and the soldiers shouted as loud as they could. The walls of Jericho fell flat. Then the soldiers rushed up the hill, went straight into the town, and captured it.
They killed everyone, men and women, young and old, everyone except Rahab and the others in her house. They even killed every cow, sheep, and donkey.
Now, do you think that the inhabitants of Jericho just stood by and waited for the Israelite's to come by and kill them? I don’t think so. They must have fought back and tried to defend themselves. I am sure that in the process some of the Israelite's must have gotten some injuries.
Yes God has given us the victory and we have the assurance of the outcome of the fight, but that does not mean that we don’t show up for the fight.
We have to show up, and not only that, we have to get into the ring and fight and in the process we will have some blows rained on us, but in the end we have the assurance of victory.
Practical Application.
Show up for the fight and get into the ring and even if you are knocked around a bit, don’t lose heart hang in there…the fight is fixe
Imagine you are a boxer and you have a title fight, but the good thing about this fight, is that the fight is fixed. You have the guarantee that you will win the fight and that has gotten you so excited.
You go off announcing to all your friends how you are the champion and how your opponent does not stand a chance. In the midst of all the announcing and the celebration, you lose track of time and you end up not showing for the fight.
In your absence you end up forfeiting the fight and though you had the guarantee of winning because the fight was fixed, you end up losing the fight.
How do you lose a fixed fight? It is like doing an exam that already had all the answers marked out but you still don’t make the pass mark.
The children of Israel are just about to begin possessing the land the Lord promised their fore father Abraham. God tells them that the city is theirs to take, He has already given them the strategy, and it is a done deal.
What do you think would have happened had the Israelites not showed up for the fight? The walls of Jericho would have remained standing.
God had done his part and now the Israelite had their part to do, they have to go in there and fight. Many of us are losing a battle that we have a guarantee to win because we are not showing up for the fight, and even when we do, we run away or give up the moment we encounter a little resistance.
We expect to walk around out Jericho, shout, the walls come tumbling down and as soon as that happens, the inhabitants of Jericho take off and leave everything to us. That is not what happened when Joshua was given the guarantee over Jericho.
Joshua 6:20 The priests blew their trumpets again, and the soldiers shouted as loud as they could. The walls of Jericho fell flat. Then the soldiers rushed up the hill, went straight into the town, and captured it.
They killed everyone, men and women, young and old, everyone except Rahab and the others in her house. They even killed every cow, sheep, and donkey.
Now, do you think that the inhabitants of Jericho just stood by and waited for the Israelite's to come by and kill them? I don’t think so. They must have fought back and tried to defend themselves. I am sure that in the process some of the Israelite's must have gotten some injuries.
Yes God has given us the victory and we have the assurance of the outcome of the fight, but that does not mean that we don’t show up for the fight.
We have to show up, and not only that, we have to get into the ring and fight and in the process we will have some blows rained on us, but in the end we have the assurance of victory.
Practical Application.
Show up for the fight and get into the ring and even if you are knocked around a bit, don’t lose heart hang in there…the fight is fixe
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