When the Lord becomes your God, then he becomes your banner; your covering which is what is seen when you are viewed. Those who matter know the implication of that so you need not be afraid of any entity as long as your bond with Him remains. Your bond with Him remains as long as you make Him the determinant of all your actions and choices. You seek His word which you will find if you do. His word informs your decisions and choices. That is what it takes to maintain your bond with Him. As long as He remains your banner, the enemies cannot defeat you.
So what do you do when the battle is raging, when realities stare at you.
Escape into the secret place of the Most High and interface with Him in supplication and appreciation (Prayers). You should not have a hard time navigating your way there if it is a familiar path.
So it is important that we habitually seek righteousness and continually relate with Him in it(righteousness)
Warfare is a regular encounter for the righteous. It is very important that the righteous knows who his/her allies are and who the contenders are.
Allies ↓
Bond with the Lord; this represents your love for the Lord, the passion you have developed for God.
The majority are not born with this but you can develop it through;
- Seeking to know the Lord’s way through personal study of His word prayerfully
- Meditating in His word at every ample time available to you instead of wasting it or giving such time to fruitless ventures
- Regular prayer which also may be in form of meditation in appreciation and supplication to the Lord
Contenders ↓
Desirable Outcome ; this represents what you desire to achieve. Unfortunately, it comes with its own heartaches. The outcomes when achieved can distract you and weaken your bond with the Lord making you susceptible to enemies’ strike
There is a way out; make your bond with the Lord your priority over the outcome continuously even in your effort at achieving your outcome. Your bond with the Lord is the constant in your life, that which you continually nourishes. It becomes the passion that drives every other thing. Even your desirable outcomes become the project of the Lord. So the passion you have developed for the Lord is what drives or motivate you to achieve your desirable outcomes
So your bond with the Lord is superior to your desirable outcome even though they are both tightly connected. What that does is that it removes the anxieties usually associated with our desirable outcomes. You thus make desirable outcomes the Lord’s responsibility and property.
Whenever desirable outcomes are threatened, that represent the perfect opportunity to prove/establish that the outcomes are the Lords’. You have yielded it/them to the Lord, so even if it becomes affected, that is how God wants it since it/they (desirable outcomes) belong to God. Your duty is to do your due diligence and leave the rest to God
When desirable outcome arrive (as they mostly will) with patience, you appreciate them but you are consumed by your bond with the Lord which now supersedes desirable outcomes through your regular nourishment of it