The Rebel Taps Out

“Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.”

Isaiah 63:10

Sometimes a fighter is put into the cage of life and refuses to fight according to faith. He will not throw grace punches or mercy kicks. He just covers up each round with structured religion and works until the bell rings and his trainer picks him off the mat. Time and again, the process is repeated until the heavenly trainer has been rejected so much that the rebel fighters’ harden heart no longer hears the saving voice from his corner.

If he were a fighter of the world, the evil one would watch over him, feed his ego and protect his pride. Not so the Anointed Fighter. Either he learns to die to self and live in Christ, or his soul is knocked out cold in the center of the cage by the world.

Knowing this, the Heavenly trainer keeps fighting to soften his heart. Then out of love and with a wild screech of pain and disappointment, like an eagle flying out from under her young, because “they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.” (Romans 1:28). He dives out from under him and flies away, leaving him to tap out to death inside the cage of life. Are you fighting by faith?

Remember, it is called a fight for a reason. However, we fight from victory not for victory.  Keep Fighting!