The Fight (The enemy within) - Part 1

You are welcome to STRETCH YOUTH SUMMIT. In this month of July, we shall be looking into a topic the Holy Spirit has instructed me to teach through His Grace. Last month (June), we looked into the issue of ‘WHEN LOVE HURTS’ and the Lord was able to heal hurting hearts, and deal with certain issues we’ve over looked.

Praise God!

Today’s lecture is a continuation of last month seminar and if you were not around for the last seminar, kindly visit our blog www.princevictormatthew.blogspot.com.ng and search for “WHEN LOVE HURTS” and read.

Let’s go into the business of the day and may the Holy Spirit possess your heart with the truth of his word as we start in Jesus Name – Amen.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:12

The FIGHT is an experience of life that brings you to a place of contending with the quest to conquer.

The FIGHT here is totally different because this has some thing to do with the enemy within. It is easier to FIGHT and defeat an enemy you can see…but how do you learn the ability to defeat your self?

What do you do when the greatest enemy stopping you is yourself? What do you do when your greatest enemy is within yourself?

In this world, we have two place or stage…you are either a victor or you are a victim. It’s in your power to choose where you want to belong. This is a conscious decision you must make.

This is what Apostle Paul said in the book of 1st Timothy 6:`12 “FIGHT the good FIGHT of FIGHT.” Every FIGHT is not your FIGHT but there is a FIGHT and that FIGHT is the GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.

What is FAITH?

FAITH is the expression of God’s word or the revealing of God’s word in spoken or written form.

The GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH is you FIGHTING your self in contending with what the word of God has spoken or written concerning your life.

Since the days of the Garden of Eden, the challenge has been “what God has said or written.” This is the FIGHTING factor for every believer in Christ.

This is a FIGHT between the known and the unknown. It’s between what you want and what you need. It’s between risk and comfort. It’s between what you feel and what you ought to believe. This is a FIGHT between you and yourself.

If you don’t FIGHT the GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH and conquer, you will never take hold of what God has kept preserved for your life. No FIGHT, no inheritance.

This is not you FIGHTING towards victory…this is you FIGHTING from victory. You are not trying to overcome; you overcame when Jesus conquered on the cross. You are here to enforce your victory. To enforce your victory, there are principles you must obey and run with in order to overcome.

The YOU that you must FIGHT and overcome is the ignorance in you. The ignorance in you is what will contend with you. Most people that fail in life are victims to their own ignorance.

The Genesis of the FIGHT is at the point of God extending Salvation to you. You were lost in the sinful kingdom you live, decided and do things according to the system of the sinful kingdom.

Now you are saved into the kingdom of God and in this kingdom, there is a plan on ground for you to fit into…Now, there is a need to switch from the system of Sin into the system of Righteousness.

Now the FIGHT is between who you were in the past and who you are now or who God you are becoming in Christ (God’s plan).

The FIGHT now is based on the written word of God and what you have been taught to believe. This is the new you FIGHTING to conquer the old you. THIS IS THE FIGHT.

You have the knowledge from the sinful kingdom and in this God’s kingdom, the knowledge is invalid. You have the knowledge of where you are coming from but you don’t have the knowledge of the place Salvation has brought you.

This is the ignorance. Since this is a new experience. Three enemies in you are constantly at a FIGHT with you. These enemies are FEAR, WORRIES AND DOUBT.

Bringing this to emotional relationship, you have been heart broken, lied to and despised. Are you so imprisoned by the memories of the past hurts? Are you afraid to trust again? Are you afraid to dream again? Are you afraid to get involved and committed again? YOU MUST FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT.

To be continued...