A-T-T-A-C-K Attack! Attack! Attack!

Way back when I was a cheerleader we chanted ATTACK for the defense. With all our might we yelled those letters and screamed those words in hopes of empowering our team to dominate.

I don’t cheer that chant with the same intensity these days, but someone is. I can’t remember a time that I knew of so much attacking on my friends and family. When I look to social media, I see it there too. Everywhere there are stories of people having ridiculous adversity.

Today, my prayer list is four times longer than my praise list. Oh sure, I could sit for hours and think of things to be praising God for. Just looking around me I could run a list longer than my arm, but that’s not what I’m feeling today. Today I feel heavy with need and want. I’m hurting for my friends and family who are carrying heavy burdens and facing challenges that are hard to imagine. I feel helpless and unable to do anything to change their situation as much as I’d love to just fix it all. I want to have all the answers. I want to make helpful suggestions to end their suffering. I want the flowers and rainbows, the fun music and the dancing. I just want joy.

My friends that are going through difficult times today know all the answers; and my family does too. They’re not naive to the helps and source of comfort and guidance that’s readily available to them...but waiting is rough. Releasing control is hard and giving in to a will that’s not your own isn’t something that comes easily to most.

When the offence is on the line of scrimmage, the defense is ready to hold them there or even push them back. The closer to the goal, the harder the attack.
Same goes for Satan. The closer to God we become, the harder he attacks. The more determined we are to get to the goal: salvation, growing the kingdom, our final destination, the harder he fights to thwart our efforts, stripping us of our tools, our means of happiness. Challenging us and charging forcefully in efforts to turn us from our mission-the goal.

It’s time to bring in the special teams...Christians need to link arms and kick with all our might. We need to get that ball and run like the wind toward OUR goal. OUR God, OUR forever.
Kicking Satan in the teeth just doesn’t seem enough to me today. I want the full armor for my battle. This isn’t a game-it’s life. And it’s short.

Matthew 4: 10 “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan…”
Luke 4: 8 “And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan…”
I’m chanting that now- Get away from me Satan! Get away from my friends and my family! I’m walking through this wilderness with them and I’m focused on Jesus. I’m washed in His blood and you have no power against it.

Walking through this wilderness together, you, me and God. Keep going friend, He’s with us-All the way.
He’s A-W-E-S-O-M-E. He’s awesome, He’s awesome, like to-ta-lly.