Day 6 – Standing, not running

“𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠;…” 𝐸𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 6:13 – 14 (𝐾𝐽𝑉)

Paul does not say, 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒. Or even 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒.. He says, 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎. Standing requires stability. Stability requires armour. But endurance requires trust. The soldier who stands does not need to keep checking his back if he trusts the formation behind him. In the body of Christ, we stand together – and above all, we stand with God Himself covering our vulnerability. This means you can face conflict without paranoia. You can move forward without obsession over what might happen behind you. You can obey without rehearsing every worst-case scenario. God has positioned Himself where you are weakest so you can stand firm in the faith and believe that He will cover your back. He will protect you, even in the cases and places where you did not know you needed His protection. Where you did not even see the threat. Keep your eyes firmly on Him, and He will protect you and cover your back.

Prayer: Thank You, God, for protecting me from the things I do not even see coming. Please help me to keep my eyes firmly on You, because then I know You will see the attacks I don’t see, and You will protect me from them and cover me. Amen.

Written by Michelle Horn