Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith means holding on to the word of God and not the way we think or feel. The Christian journey is a race and it is only won by those who fight the good fight of faith. Jesus fought the good fight of faith by enduring the cross because of the glory sets ahead of him ( Hebrew 12:2). Every believer has been called to run the race through patience and endurance.
In the Christian journey, we are often awakened to the reality of adversity but Jesus said though we are in this world but we are never of this world ( 2 Corinthians 10:6). We are in the world to win over it. Jesus never promised a trouble free life but rather in the midst of adversity would be peace. This peace transcends the knowledge of men. Adversity only strengthens our faith and also in order to trust in the Lord.
In fighting the good fight of faith one of the things that stands in the way is the Flesh of man. God created man has a spirit, he has a soul and lives in a body. God desires to relate with men in Spirit. In the Scripture, Roman 8:6 says to be carnally minded is enmity with God and that is because we must always walk in the Spirit and not after the flesh.
In fighting the good fight of faith, it is important to walk in faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen (Hebrew 11:1). Abraham walked in faith and it was counted unto him as righteousness. To walk in faith means to trust God blindfoldedly. Walking in faith helps in winning the Christian race.
In the Christian journey, it is important to put on the whole armour of God ( Ephesians 6:11)for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers in high places. To run the Christian race to the end it is important to embrace the whole armour of God and stay in guard.
Fighting the good fight of faith is enduring till the very end.
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