In my last post I talked about the fact that God has a journey intended for us and that sometimes we have to undertake that journey before we are prepared to fight for him. The cool part about God is this: He's ready for us the moment we finish our Journey.
A while back I saw a movie called SuckerPunch. The idea of the movie wasn't the best, but one line really hit me in the movie. The main character is in an Eastern style pagoda temple and she's talking to the "wise man" and he hands her a gun and a sword and ushers her into battle with three giant samurai warriors with one line of encouragement, "You have all the weapons you need. Now fight." While this is not meant to have any sort of Christian theme in it, It really shows this idea of trusting God. It's kind of far out but this girl is able to defeat these giant samurai when she has the faith to do it. The beginning of the battle, you see her as extremely tentative, but by the end she's a strong warrior, capable of just about anything. God wants the same thing for us! I love movies where you see the main character ride out into battle for their kings; When there is no hope for victory, but they still run forward to face their enemies one last time - laying everything on the line.
God wants that same thing for us. A lot of times we get wrapped up in sin and it seems like there is no way out - like no matter what we do we can't escape from it. James 4:7 says, "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you." It's that final resistance that gives us hope to win the battle against sin; that one time of resisting and overcoming your sin. I firmly believe that when you have the courage and strength to confront sin, God is right there waiting to push the devil away.
A great picture of this comes from Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers. The scene is called Forth Eorlingas and is set up where King Theoden and the fellowship are barricaded in the last stronghold of Helm's Deep, simply waiting for their enemies to break down the door and slaughter them, when Aragorn speaks up and tells the king to ride out and meet them one last time. From that, we get an epic scene with the king and Aragorn along with a portion of the Rohirrim riding out of the keep and trampling and killing all the orcs in their path and just when the situation seems to get the worst, Aragorn looks up to the horizon and sees gandalf ready to ride in and take on the orcs with the rest of Rohan's army. I think God wants the same thing for us. 2 Corinthians 10:4 says, "For the weapons we fight with are not of this world. They have divine power to demolish strongholds." God has given you every weapon you need to vanquish sin. Resist the devil; Resist SIN and the devil will flee from you. You have the power to win the battle! While each battle doesn't win you the war, recurring victory does. You have all the weapons you need - Now fight.
Forth Eorlingas Scene
(for those of you who haven't seen the movie, they do win the battle for Helm's Deep because of Gandalf's flanking attack)
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