How much longer can the church keep waging a losing war?
Evil spirits are being loosed on our world. They are hidden, looking to target and deceive believers. Don’t let yourself be a wandering sheep! Christians get with hurt feelings, become disgruntled with other people and their church, and start drifting away from safety. This can open you up to the power of the devil. Your self-centeredness can make you vulnerable to the devil, the ultimate self-centered being. Get yourself back into the flock and into a safe place.
Step Up!
The way to win this war is for believers to step up and pay the cost of revival. In Luke 14:28-30, Jesus tells us to count the cost of the tower before we start building it. Have we counted the cost for following Him? As disciples, we must run the lifetime race. Our hearts, souls, minds, and strength must be fully given and committed to Jesus. In verses 31 to 33, Jesus then says that religion is like a king wanting to go to war. Only wage a war that you can win!We are waging a war against demons, emotions, conflicts in the hearts and minds of believers, but without the power of the Word of God, we are waging a war we will lose.
“Revival is costly, but the cost of not having revival is unthinkable.”
-Steve Gray
Broken, hurting people need the power of the one true living God. They need transformation and deliverance! If we soothe them, they remain sick. Self-help and self-improvement only get them through another day. As it is, we cannot withstand the onslaught of the enemy, who will keep attacking generation after generation.
Win The War
In Luke 14:26, Jesus says, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple” (NIV). People in those days were surrounding themselves by those who soothed and told them all was okay and to just keep going. Jesus was not instructing listeners to hate their families—hate the system!
It’s time for the children of God to stop waging a losing war. It’s time for us to be transformed, empowered, and filled with a new Spirit so that we can win the war!
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.
27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
