The Battle Around Us

It doesn't matter if we like it or not, everyday a battle is happening around us. The enemy is Satan. He doesn't like it when broken lives are made new, the captives set free, the lost and forgotten are found, or the hungry find food. One of the biggest things the enemy uses to keep Christians out of the game is keeping us complacent or unknown of the issues around us and keeping us focused on our own personal needs, wants, and desires. As long as the enemy can keep us blinded to what's going on, his job is easy. That's doesn't sit to well with me. 

God has placed a calling on my life, and I have responded with an open heart. I have been called to set the captives free in the Philippines. I have been called to help rescue and rebuild the lives of people that have been help captive in human trafficking. 

Since I've answered the call there have been days of discouragement, feeling defeated, and having questions about what I am doing. Those days were few. However, in the last couple of weeks it has increased. I feel like everything including the kitchen sink is being thrown at me. I'm tossing all night, I'm worn out during the day, I'm worrying about the simplest of things. I was beginning to feel defeated. Then I took a walk around town. 

These walks last about a hour, and they clear my mind, I spend time with my God during this time. It was during this walk, that I remembered a saying that you know you are on the right track, doing the will of God, when the enemy is fighting you. That was a very big piece of encouragement. With that things began to calm down and I remembered several of the promises of God, that He will NEVER leave me or forsake me, and if MY GOD is for me what can stand against? What can separate me from the love of God? The answer to both is NOTHING!!! 

The lies of not being worthy or that I'll never get the support faded away. I am a child of the King of Kings, loved so much. I have seen God provide for my needs many times in the past from dental emergencies to meeting support deadlines. I know my God will provide now as He has provided in the past. The battle is already won through Jesus Christ our Savior. We just need to claim the victory. 

I continue to learn more each day about human trafficking. I look at things by the International Justice Mission, the A21 campaign and the 2013 Trafficking In Persons Report. As I learn my heart breaks even more and the desire to help those in need grows larger. I can not sit still and watch this go on any longer, I will stand up against injustice, will you join me?