“Under the banner of God, victory is always assured; but apart from it, defeat is a certainty. When the banner of God’s rod was not held high, Amalek prevailed. You can’t do battle against the flesh under your own power.”
~ Kay Arthur ~author of LORD, I Want To Know You Above quote is in reference to Exodus 17:15: “The LORD is my banner”
So in other words…
As believers we all have our “Amaleks” that are waging war with us. Our sin nature daily wants to separate us from the God who has redeemed us. We will wage this battle until we enter into our final rest with Christ. We should not be deceived into being passive and unaware of the fact that we have to turn away, work hard, get rid of things in our lives that keep our eyes off of God. We need to claim who we are in Christ. We need to resist the enemy. We need to battle daily the thoughts and actions that would keep us from the victory that Christ has won for us. We need to see God’s banner before us and follow behind that banner and claim the victory we have been promised in Christ. “Apart from Him we can do nothing.”
So today I wake up and say Thank you God for going before me into this day and defeating the enemy before me. Help me to be obedient to you and give me your victory today in my thoughts, my actions, my hopes and my dreams. May I be aware I am in your army and that you are my King. Thank you for what you have done for me.
I John 5:4-5
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
We need to claim, we need to resist, we need Christ! Amen and thanks.
Thank you for that beautiful prayer. I may have to say that prayer each day! Thanks!
Those feisty “Amaleks” in our lives that we have to fight daily – thank you Jesus for fighting with me!
Love it! Thanks for your take on this!
Thank you! I really was blessed by this post.
Amen and amen! Thank you for the important reminder….He is my banner, and His banner over me is love…brings to mind one of the songs on the Israel My Beloved CD by Karen Davis…”diglecha alai ahava” (Your banner over me is love)
Excellent! You have encapsulated the importance of battle as Christians and what it means to have Jesus our King on the front lines. Abundant blessings…
great verse in 1 John – a little book not often read…..that our “faith” has overcome the world because of our belief in Christ Jesus. Amen