Hi Brian!

The word for this week is "battle". We find it in these two verses in the Old Testament:

Psalm 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. KJV

Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. KJV

These are both the Hebrew word "milchamah". Strong's Concordance says: a battle, engagement, generally war or warfare. Vine's Expository Dictionary adds: skirmish, combat.

I love the Bible account of the battle at Engedi, where the king was instructed to put the praisers in the front and they did not even have to fight because God took care of it all! Under our New Covenant we fight against a different and defeated enemy and with spiritual weapons that the enemy cannot answer! Ours is the fight of faith in what God has promised against the lies of the enemy! When we know the TRUTH, and we declare the TRUTH and then stand on it in faith, the enemy has no recourse but to flee! I love this song by Tauren Wells called "Take It All Back". THIS is how WE fight!

Love and Shalom in Him!