God is on my side!

Phase 15:  God is on my side!  Continuing and concluding from The Battle Belongs to the Lord by Joyce Meyer, she speaks about being a conqueror.  You and I are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ that strengthens us.  Before the battle ever begins, we have already been told that we are winners and know that we are going to come out victorious.  God's love in our situations changes everything, Christ died for us, and by that He proved his love that interrupts the devestation of sin in our lives.  The Lord is with us.  When we are faced with impossibilities, we should never give up; we should worship and watch God work on our behalf.  All things are possible to those that believe.  

Phase 16:  Remain in position.  In Ephesians 6, is a chapter on warfare, we are told that after doing all that a crisis demands we are to stand.  Also, that we will not need to fight our own battles becuse they belong to the Lord and not to us.  All we are to do is take our position and remain in it until we see the victory.  Our position is worshiping God.  During times of waiting and need we should say, I am blessed.  All my needs are met.  I have favor everywhere I go.  God's blessings are chasing me and overtaking me.  I am blessed.  We must hold fast our confession without waivering.  Those who put their trust in God will never be dissappointed or ashamed.

Phase 17:  For the Lord was with Him.  Here the author is talking about the story of Joseph that was despised by his brothers and sold into slavery in Egypt and how the Lord brought him out and prospered him.  The moral to this passage is keep a good attitude.  When we are going through tuff times God will bless us in them if we will keep a good attitude and be thankful for what we have and giving praise to God, worshiping Him for who He is.  Look to God as your source.  Those who despise, reject, make fun of us and want nothing to do with us because we won't let them control us, may end up with a different view.  We don't need those kind that are only with us when we are on our way up.  If we will just hold our position, standing firmly in our place of faith, worshiping, having a good confession, we will see that wherever we go, and whatever we do, like God was with Joseph, so He will be with us to.

Phase 18:  God means good.  What the devil means for evil, God means for good.  When God gets involved, He takes the thing meant for evil to destroy us and turns it around so that it actualyy works for our good.  Nobody else can make things work out this way but God.  He can take every negative and turn it to a positive to make us stronger.  The story for example her is Ester and her people.  How God gave her favor and she was chosen to be the queen.  God has a plan in mind for us that is much better than ours when we are obedient.  God records whatever good thing we do, even in secret and is not going to forget it. Each act of obedience will be rewarded. When God decides to bless us, no person on earth or devil in hell can stop Him.  Gods plan is not thwarted.  "If God be for us, who can be against us?  If God is on our side, what can man do to us?

Conclusion:  Take your position.  Don't give up.  Stand still.  Enter the rest of God.  See the salvation of the Lord.  Quit worrying and trying to figure out everything that is going on in your life.  Whe temptation comes, take your position and see the salvation of the Lord, which He has planned for you.  "The battle is not yours; the battle belongs to the Lord".