In the Lord’s prayer we ask God to “deliver us from evil”.

And I am sure David was saying something along the same lines in Psalm 3:

Psalm 3 1 O Lord , how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 

2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

3 But you are a shield around me, O Lord ; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. 4 To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

7 Arise, O Lord ! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah

Hidden in a cave, David was surrounded.  Broken.  And probably without confidence.

I like this, because it encourages me.  And it encourages me because sometimes I stand in courage … and sometimes I am a coward, hidden in a cave, begging for God to knock the teeth out of my enemies.

But here’s the good news:

The War Is Over

The War Is Over is over Jesus said it was.  In the state of a Lamb, He declared war on our enemies and defeated them in an unbelievable fashion.

Colossians 2 … 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Today, my prayer is this:

Lord, help me to remember that The War Is Over … Deliver Me From Evil.

When I am hiding in that cave in fear, I need to remember this: Jesus is eternal.  And when Jesus delivers us, we become eternal too.  And our outcome, because of that, is certain.  Period.

When we bring that certainty into the carnal earth, what should we fear?  The War Is Over.  He disarmed the powers and authorities, made a public spectacle of them, and defeated them on the cross.

So oftentimes our lives are difficult.  The money is not easy.  The job is not easy.  The relationships are not easy.

But God is simple.  And, yes, we must take the time to connect with Him.  And, yes, we must make sacrifices to fulfill the greater good.  And, yes, the mountains in front of us can appear insurmountable.

But God is going to Deliver Us From Evil.  It is certain.

Because He already has.

The War Is Over

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J