Battlecries Part One

I think I'm a warrior. In my mind when I have a problem I set out to conquer it, not just solve it. When I am in search for a word to explain something in relation to God and I; I tend to lean towards the more aggressive ones. God fights for me. When I ask God for something I often "demand" it ( not demand as in "I have a right to this!" manner but certainly not the "Please sir may I have some more?"-expecting to be pushed down or knocked aside manner either). When facing hard times I run to God and then I cling to Him. And when I find a verse that particularly inspires me it becomes my battle cry.

Sometimes I think that we forget that as Christians we are tying up the battle that Jesus won. He won it by saving us but now it's our time to make the enemy lay down it's arms. Everyday is time in the battle; sometimes we have to help the wounded, sometimes we are the wounded, sometimes the problems we face need to be conquered.

By us.

And God of course, he is the one who is teaching us how to fight in the midst of our battles.

The Bible says that words can be weapons. That can be in a good and a bad way. Now the bad way words wound is not unknown to us. Words can also be used to shout out as our battle cries.

I'm not sure what my specific battle cry might be right now.  It could be "You are my strength and my song". Or my Forgiveness Poem.. (I choose to forgive, I choose to let go, To remove all doubt, And let hope grow) It may be my song The Light That Heals Me. I'm thinking it's the latter right now. Wanna know why?

It's my battle cry right now because when I sing it, it helps make me okay. It gives me the chance to say "Okay God, You can heal me." This song makes me okay with the world. It sets me free. The same way I think John Newton felt set free when he wrote Amazing Grace. I think that was his battle cry. I think it made him okay with the world. I'm not saying that my song is anything like his. I'm just saying that I think it accomplished the same things for us.


*I'll try to make a video of my song this week to go along with this.. :)