Even the most courageous will hide in the cave from time to time, trying to find a means of escape from the enemy.  It is a simple reality of the world we live in.

David sat in the cave and begged God to rescue him.

Psalm 142 6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.  7 Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name.  Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

I want to encourage you.

There will be times where you will simply stand alone and try to defeat an enemy that might be insurmountable.  And in fact, the evil that we face in this world is a worthy adversary.

But we must never forget.

There is a reason that Jesus showed up 2000 years ago.

There is a reason that He had a price tag placed over His head before He was born and before He was old enough to defend Himself.

And there is a reason that men tried to kill Him for His entire ministry.

He is the Adversary to the adversary.

He infiltrates the in infiltrator.

He is the conqueror of death and all that we fear.

And … “by His stripes, we are healed.”

As Jesus faces the things that terrify us today, He does not shudder.

The battle has been fought.  2000 years ago, as Jesus prayed on Gethsemane, He was preparing to face an incredible enemy without the power of God.  Emptied of His weapons and the very things He needed for battle, He instead was preparing to be a Lamb lead to slaughter.  No defenses.  No fear from the enemy.  No hope for the trial that He was about to walk into.

Luke 22  44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

But the tools that were taken from Him are here for us to use.  Jesus is no longer the Lamb.  He is the Lion.  And we must be bold and cry out to God to come and fill us with His spirit.  We must be filled with the same spirit that filled David as he came out of the cave.

Psalm 23 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me;

So … come out of the cave.  Walk in confidence.

Fear your God, not your trial.

And never forget that what is behind (God) you is greater than the foe in front of you.

He is, after all, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J