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Our Secret Weapon He used them to solidify Israel as a people and set them apart
to follow and serve the one true God and fulfill their destiny.
As we follow after Christ, we may find ourselves faced with If Satan had realized that the cross was to be God‘s vehicle
numerous adversaries. They can come in a variety of forms. for the salvation of mankind, he would not have driven Jesus
They may appear to get in the way as we attempt to grow and to it. Yet, that seeming defeat brought victory to mankind
minister in what God has called us to. Some hindrances may forever.
be limitations, such as lack of natural talents and abilities. So, we can begin to view all the resistance we come against
Others can be people or lack of time and resources. We find with fresh understanding and appreciation. For it is in
ourselves in daily combat against the world, the flesh and the resisting that we are strengthened and grow and are enabled
devil… All of these share something in common. They are to take new territory for the Lord. It is in taking up our cross
forms of resistance to keep us from our goals. But are they? and following our Lord, that we enter into His victorious life.
The Bible teaches that God uses all things for good, for those It is usually in difficulty and when we are at the end of our
who love Him and are called according to His purpose. How own resources, that we call upon God and His power, thereby
can those very things that seem to thwart us in obtaining our unlocking greater empowering and potential in our lives.
goals, work for our good? Resistance is the very thing that Resistance in the form of persecution enabled the early
God uses to build and shape us spiritually. church to overcome their fear and become unstoppable. Let
As those in physical training use resistance to build physical us, the modern-day church, likewise, use resistance to propel
muscle, so God uses resistance to build our spiritual muscle. us into our destiny.
In reading the Old Testament, we may be perplexed about
why the promised land was filled with all those pesky “ites“
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