Greater is He

Scripture:
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." - Ephesian 6:12

My wife and I had been making plans to go to Spain for a couple of weeks in October to do a puppet evangelism ministry in Benidorm & Andalusia. We had been planning this for almost a year but for the last couple of months my wife has been having a pain in her side and it turns out that she has gall stones. She is going to have to have surgery next month putting on hold our plans.

This reminded me of what Michele wrote a couple of weeks ago about how sometimes God changes our plans and that we might not always know His reasons but we know that He is faithful. After thinking about this a while, I realized I was not so much disappointed about needing to change our plans as I was about being worried about my wife's surgery.

On the one hand I could feel myself getting worried about what might go wrong and on the other hand I was trying to convince myself that God is faithful and knows the situation. Like is says in Ephesians 4:5,6, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Now I know that this battle within me is not me at all. I know that the thoughts that I have that cause me to feel worried are from the enemy and the thoughts I have convincing myself that God is faithful is from the Holy Spirit. Yet the thoughts and feelings exist anyways, and along the same lines as what Peter said yesterday in his post, and knowing that I am experiencing a spiritual battle, I John 4:4 helps me because it says "greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world."

Prayer Request:
For those who are stuggling in their daily spiritual battles and that they may find grace and power.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, Everyday seems to bring us trials that we know you have given us victory over. Please give us the faith to know this victory in our lives. In Jesus' name. Amen