Though the Battle Rages

When someone we love is under attack, when they are being deceived and we step in to help, we need to understand the rules of engagement. We need to allow Him to prepare and equip us. We have to be willing to be used however He sees fit. We are there now. And it can be terrifying if we look at the waves. The focus has to be on His Face. 

Even though I cannot see the top of this mountain, He IS Sufficient!

Even though the battle rages, He IS Sufficient!


Even though the enemy is fierce, He IS Sufficient!

Even though my strength is waning, He IS Sufficient!


Though my tears blind me and prevent me from seeing the next step, He IS Sufficient!

When the pain threatens to overwhelm, He IS Sufficient!


The cries of my heart do not go unheard. He hears and answers my prayers, even when I hear no response. He loves more than I do, His Father Heart breaks as mine does. The evil one cannot take them from His Hand. He will not let them go. Even when it seems hopeless. Even when the words fall fast and hard and are filled with anger from a heart that is blinded by the storm and the pain. My trust must be in Him, not in my ability to "logically" convince that precious, embattled heart of the Truth.

My questions have answers, even if He doesn't reveal them to me. He placed me in this position to stand in the gap and help this precious heart fight back the darkness of the one intent upon destruction, and so He will accomplish His purposes through me as long as I obey and stand in His strength. 

As long as I refuse to react, He will shine Truth into the storm. When I allow myself to be offended, I am choosing pride instead of humility. I must be humble or I will not be able to truly hear the heart behind the angry words, those words that are the agony of a heart being broken in two. When the pain subsides, those words will be forgotten; they are already forgiven. Even though I am being pushed away, it won't be forever. Restoration will come. I will wait. As long as it takes.

Even when I am accused of being "the enemy" because the Truth is slicing joint and marrow, no anger must enter my heart. My reputation matters not at all, only His.  The emotion must not well up to overwhelm me so that I speak in anger, because then the words will be dismissed, the message ignored.

Lord, 
Forgive me for losing sight of my role. Forgive me for allowing myself to be offended. Forgive my pride. Forgive my use of any of my own strength or wisdom. Help me do everything, always and only in Love, through Love. Thank You for being Sufficient. More than Sufficient. Abundant beyond imagining. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for teaching me. Forgive me for thinking, even for a moment, that the outcome depends in any way on me. It is all and only You. Always. Please help me. Please hold me. Please help me keep my eyes focused on You. 

Surround that precious heart with Your hedge of protection. Allow no evil influence to come near. Turn their eyes so that they see only Your Face. Nothing else. Help their ears hear only Your Voice. No one else. Protect them from the danger they are not even aware of, before and behind. Thwart any attempt by the evil one to wound further. Help them to lay their broken heart at Your Feet and allow You to heal. Hold them, Lord, till the fear is driven out by Your Love. 


You are worthy, Lord, of all our praises. 


Through the Only Way, Truth, and Light,

Amen