Who's up for a beat down?
"When I started middle school my dad taught me a simple, slightly controversial, and very effective strategy in case I ever got in a fight.
(He was already about 3 years too late, but better late than never.)
“Now boy, don’t you ever go looking for trouble, but if someone starts something with you, here’s what I want you to do. The moment you realize a fight is unavoidable, you make sure you throw the first punch.”
(Actually I think he said “get the first lick in”, but I’m not sure how that would translate for my non-Southern readers).
Relax, I’m not advocating fist fighting (necessarily 
). Just thought it made for a cool analogy.
Every single morning I wake up, I’m a marked man. Every day of my life, there’s going to be a fight, God’s Word says so.
So why should I wait around to get sucker punched? Why not drop kick the devil in the teeth before he knows what hits him? Why not get the first lick in every single morning?
Lately I’ve been waking up, going straight to the shower, and quoting the Word of God out loud. I’m not going to spend the first part of my day playing defense, I’m going on the attack.
I think too many Christians wait until just before the T.K.O. to start fighting. We unnecessarily get our brains beat out by failure, sickness, and overwhelming pressure…
Try this.
The next time you feel temptation coming on, don’t wait until the standing 8 count starts to get serious about the fight.
The next time you hear depression or discouragement taunting you, don’t wait until you’re seeing stars before you begin to block and bob and weave and counterpunch.
You’re in for a fight every day of your life.
Come out swinging.
And go for broke.
After all, the fight is fixed. "
Wow! I can't agree with him more! Read Ephesians 6...we are in a war whether we like to admit it or not. and the thing I fear is that a lot of us just think it's a big joke. The "spiritual" world, especially when we talk about the devil and demons, is just too weird. So what do we do, we ignore it! We read our bible's and pray when we "feel" like it - which probably isn't very often and then we wonder why we don't "feel" like following Jesus wherever he takes us. We wonder why we feel beat up all the time - maybe it's because WE ARE GETTING BEAT UP!
Maybe it's time we start living life offensively (proactively) rather than defensively (reactively). Or as my dad always taught me, punch him in the nose and make sure he doesn't get back up! Maybe it's time to offensively punch the devil in the nose, stop living a yo-yo life of constantly being beat down and life in the freedom that we already have - we just have to walk in it!
