Crawl to Your Corner

“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.”

John 12:24-26

Until you tap out to your own fighting style, you will never experience the true championship in Christ.  You may say, “That does not sound right.” You’re correct, it does not sound right.  However, God tells us in his word “… my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Many fighters around the world are defeated inside the cage of life because they refuse to die to self and live in Christ.  They are trying to win the good fight on their own, using their own talents.  This will never happen.  Only through Christ can we have victory over the forces of darkness in this world.  The weakest demon is much more powerful than the strongest human without Christ.

When Anointed Fighters tap out to self and fight through Christ, they begin to experience the power that raised Jesus from the dead.  One by one, the issues of life will begin to tap out.  Make no mistake about it; if we fight without Christ, we are fighting in vain.

The psalmist describes what it means to fight in our own strength:

“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep to those he loves” (Psalm 127:1-2).

How does one die to self and live in Christ? It usually takes being knocked down by the over-hand right of adversity before most fighters crawl back to the corner and relinquish control of the fight to Christ. Have you come to this place with God in your life? Are you crawling back to your corner?

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