(Exodus 15:3) The Lord is a warrior.

After God delivered Israel out of Egyptian slavery, Moses and his sister Miriam sang a song of victory and triumph, which is recorded in Exodus chapter 15. 

I encourage you to read the whole chapter. 

The central theme in this song is “The Lord is a warrior.” 

We often think of God as a peaceful shepherd and a suffering servant. 

However, we rarely envision the Lord as a “Warrior” on our behalf.

Why is that? 

For the Bible tells us many times that God fights for us. 

Below are a few of these Bible passages:

“The Lord your God goes before you will fight for you” (Deuteronomy 1:30).

“The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!” (Psalm 24:8).

“The God of peace will crush Satan under his feet” (Romans 16:20).

One of the primary reasons some Christians are not overcomers in their lives is because they try to win their spiritual battles through our own strength. 

Too often we react to our spiritual battles out of emotion and angry. 

And when we do, we lose and spiritual strongholds are established in our lives! 

In our times of spiritual warfare, we must call upon “God our Warrior,” and his mighty angels of fire to fight on our behalf. 

I have often prayed, “Lord, come as my mighty Warrior, and send your powerful angels of battle to fight for me. I need your help.”

Ultimately, He is the one who brings victory, overcomes, and brings justice. 

However, this does not mean we remain spiritually passive. 

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:11-12). 

We are God’s “good soldiers of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:3), but He is our “General.”

Do not try to combat Satan and demons in your own perceived authority.

We must stand strong and resist the enemy “in the name of Jesus and His authority.”  

We must fight in partnership with God by putting on the full armor of God. 

We must fight in partnership with God, for though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). 

Do you see God as a “Warrior” on your behalf?

Do you see God as the one who fights for you? 

Do you see yourself as a spiritual warrior under the Lordship of Christ?

Do you fight your spiritual battles through your own strength? 

Let’s exalt God as the “Warrior” in our life’s battles.

Don’t forget, “The Lord is strong and mighty in battle!” (Psalm 24:8).

Call upon him today!