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Q5. How should the knowledge that the battle is the Lord's affect the way we approach life? In what way do both timidity and brashness get it wrong? Are there any instances in which the Lord will not fight our battles?

Knowing and believing that the battle is the LORD's should affect the way I approach conflicts, trials, and temptations. I think realizing that the power is not of me, knowing that I have no power to achieve victories in my life, makes me timid sometimes - even creates negative defeated thinking if I'm not careful. It might even make me think I don't need to participate because God has it all covered. But realizing my poverty of power is actually a good thing that should be the starting point for looking to Shaddai for victories. But even then, feeling so empowered by God may cause me to brashly run out ahead of Him in battle. There's a balance that's needed here. Knowing that the LORD will fight for me and win should not cause me to fall back and "play it safe". Nor should it cause me to get cocky and start thinking I can do anything I want.

The LORD has definitely called His people to engage in warfare with Him. He's always required participation. ("If my people will…then I will…") But it must be done under His banner, His authority, His provision and leadership. Otherwise there is no victory to be gained because we'll be out of His will - and He cannot bless disobedience. And the LORD won't fight the skirmishes of the battle that He's called and equipped me to fight. He's provided all the battle gear I need (Eph.6:13-17) and a direct line of communication with the Commander-in-Chief (Eph.3:18). My job as a soldier is to be courageous - in Him, fight the good fight - in Him, and stand firm - in Him as He provides the victory!

Just knowing that the fight is fixed, and that we won, that I've been handed the victory in my hands and its up to me to hold it and not put it down or allow my lying adversary to cloud my mind with lies. I can live to the fullest, or as Christ said He came that I might have the abundant life or correctly His type of living. I will never give up or loose sight of the prize for which Christ has given His life to secure for me. I approach life with a positive view even it looks bleak. Above every cloud the Son is still shining, I've just got to continue to look up, beyond the hill's from whence cometh my help, it comes from the Lord. I learn to engage every day and not dread it, I anticpate the wonder of each day and not the troubles.

Being timid or fearful means we don't know who we are or what Christ has achieved for us, brashness means that we have become over confident (mostly in our selves), When God told the Jews not to go up to battle they went any way and was routed by their enemy. If in my boldness I over ride the Holy Spirit, I set myself up for a fall. There is two extremes and only one happy medium (middle) its paved with humilty.

I believe that the battles that the Lord fights are His, and that He intrudes into our affairs to bring about His purposes and that our deliverences from dangers or battles are part of His making us into His image. There are things that we get into that does not fit into His plan, wrong choices has consequences, we reap what we sow but with mercy. Short answer, yes there are battles God will not fight for us, but He's always there for us.

When ever we face trials, temptations, problems, conflicts,etc, we need to acknowledge the fact that the battle is the Lord's. He will fight for us.
However, we also must prepare ourselves to fight. We must be willing to partcipate in the battle.
We need to be armed spiritually with the weapons of Ephesians 6, ready to fight with God as our head.
Timidity get's it wrong because it involves lack of trust in the Lord.
Brashness gets it wrong because it involves relying on one's own strength rather than submitting to the Lord and trusting in His strength.
God will not fight our battles if it involves sin of any kind or if it is something that is contrary to His will for us.

Knowing that the battles is the Lords should give us the courage to face each new day with a need to do our best in everything we do even the things that cause us pain. The Lord will never give us more than we can handle and provides a way out in the things that we need to let go.
Brashness is by far the worst it causes me to forget to give God the Glory and to remember that its is about Him and not me. It make me forget to go to Him with all my problems and worries and not rely on myself.
Timidity cause me to forget that I have a all powerful God who never leaves nor forsakes me and that with Him on my side I can do all things. Without Him I can do nothing. It causes me to forget that He gives me power to fight each new battle and strength to over come my enimies.
The batttles that the Lord will not fight for me are the one I do not ask Him to help me with and the ones that are out of His plan for my life. If I remember to ask and that He is the Commander of Hosts then I will have no worries He will be by my side in all my troubles. Helping to strengthen my faith and giving me new courage for each new day.

The knowledge the the Battle is the Lords should affect our lives with the reality
that we need to keep close to God... Allow him to work in us.... change us.....
For if he is not at work in us any effort is really useless.

whether we timidly reveal to one individual or brashly tell all the crowd around us that
revealed truth's of God and how that they also can be saved and have a victorious life
all needs a base in our own heart.

If we are to timid the message may not come across at all or not enough to effect change in
another person.

if we are to brash, people can be turned off and consider our outer demeanor as something
they do not enjoy or that we are trying to be pushy and controlling and most people do not
wish to be controlled.

We must use enough positive force to let them know they need God and God's help and
we should be brash enough to reveal how God has helped us/ with leaving them to decide
whether or not to accept this God and his help. We need to be brash enough to get thru
how to accept and get ahold go God and salvation and how to procede in growing in God
Without affecting them to feel they must or else. We need to present the facts and to
step back and allow God to work in them as to when and where if they do accept God.

We want it to be them responding to God not them responding to our pressure.

But if they see it lived our in us and what we do it may be more effective than if we keep
verbally harping on them....

Q5. How should the knowledge that the battle is the Lord's affect the way we approach life?
As long as we acknowledge that the Battle is the Lord’s, He will remain with us.

In what way do both timidity and brashness get it wrong?
Being timid would mean that we are not really trusting in Him.
Brashness would mean that we are depending on self too much and not on Him.

Are there any instances in which the Lord will not fight our battles?
God will not fight our battles if we are disobedient and go off on our own telling God that we can handle it ourselves. Do that and He just might let you try it alone.

Pastor Ralph, on Feb 15 2006, 01:44 AM, said:

When we acknowledge that the battle is the Lords, it encourages us in our everyday battles because we know that He is there to help and save us. The confidence that the battle is the Lord's is there and we solely rely on Him for victory.

When we become timid, it then means that we do not have confidence in God and for this we dont trust Him while being brash means to depend on our own strenght and effort and not on Him.

The Lord will not fight our battles when the battle is contrary to the plan and will of God for our lives, when the battle is meaningless.

ln all knowledge the battle is always the Lord',if we let the Lord fight our battles we should have nothing to worry about. In timidity and brashness we do not always beleive in ourselves and but not trying to let God handle everything for us. We should always let the Lord fight our battles for us and stop being disobedience.

the battle is the Lords as he is in control of us when we trust him for everythign he will equip us for our battles and we go out to fight the good fight

How should the knowledge that the battle is the Lord's affect the way we approach life? In what way do both timidity and brashness get it wrong? Are there any instances in which the Lord will not fight our battles?

The knowledge of the battle being the Lord's builds my faith and reminds me that His power alone leads me through this life. Timidity is based in fear and fear is not of the Lord (He gives us a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind) and removes our eyes from Him and keeps us from doing His will. Brashness is based in pride and also removes our eyes from Him and drives us to do our own will and not the Lord's.

The Lord will not fight the battle of a prideful person; He resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Therefore it is in humility that we have true power for it is on our knees and in our admitted weakness that He is strong. The Lord does not force Himself on us, but waits for us to give ourselves to Him.

We should approach life with a confident heart, knowing that God is fighting the battle and we wear His banner.
The focus is not us, we are just carrying the message. The focus is God.
We are not to presume God is on our side, but rather keep asking, am I on God’s side.
God is not our servant, we are His servants.

Pastor Ralph, on Feb 15 2006, 01:44 AM, said:

Although we will be beside him as he battles the enemy without believing him and having full faith in him we will not reap the reawrds of his vistory. As it said in the lesson we need to prepare for battle as well.

I believe that the Psalm 44:4-7a certainly gives us the enitre answer.

"You are my King and my God. You command victories for your people. Onlyby your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. I do not trust my bow; I do not count on my sword to sav me. It is you who gives us victory over our enemies.

Pastor Ralph, on Feb 14 2006, 09:44 PM, said:

I believe the Word. The Word tells us the battle is the LORD's, this does not mean that we sit back and to nothing, the Bible tells us we do battle against principalities, against the evil one. But God is the one who wins these battles, we can't do this on our own in the flesh. It is only with God on our side that the battle can be won. It is only God in us that wins the battle. So do not sit back and do nothing. But do all things according to the Word and win battles for the LORD.

If we are timid we will not go forth with the Word, our faith will be little, and God wants our faith to be STRONG. If we are timid, we will be afraid to walk in, trust in the Word to do what the Word says we must do. If we are brash, then our pride gets in the way, we take credit for what only God can do. We think we can do it without God.

The Bible teaches us that strong faith makes God move. If we want God to move in our lives, and that means fighting our battles for us, then we must not doubt His Word, we must have strong faith, meditate on His Word, speak the Word. When we do this we cause God to move. Jesus said if we have the faith of a mustard seed and do not doubt and believe we have recieved we can move mountians. I believe this applies to all things. God will fight all our battles if we only believe.

Being sure that our battles are the Lord’s should make us feel extremely confident that we will succeed. Jesus said that He had defeated the world; in the cross He got the greatest victory over everything that makes us suffer or enslaves us: illness, sin, poverty, depression, death. So, we can be sure that we also are victorious over any circumstance because we are covered by Jesus’ blood, in His death and resurrection.
Timidity and brashness are not right attitudes, since they show that we rely upon our own strength. They do not reflect a real confidence in God.
I think we cannot expect the Lord to fight our battles when we are living a situation of sin that we do not confess nor want to give up, or simply when we do not trust Him to act for us.

If we know that the battle is the Lord's , we will face the world with more faith in the Lord and not focus on our problems .
There are times that we underestimate God's power to handle crises in our lives.We should leave everything in God's hand and we will not fear any danger that may come our ways .

Knowing that the battle is the Lord's gives me confidence to do my work and face life. Now I am nolonger timid to do what i believe is right and pleasing to God because I will surely have help from Him. I think the challenge is knowing whether God is on our side. I believe that this requires us Christians to continue to discover the will of God in our respective lives through Bible study and public and private worship.

Q5. How should the knowledge that the battle is the Lord's affect the way we approach life?
Knowing that the battle is the Lord's we should approach life with confidence.

In what way do both timidity and brashness get it wrong?
Timidity and brashness show that the trust in not in the Lord but in the flesh.

Are there any instances in which the Lord will not fight our battles?
The Lord will not fight our battles when we are out of His will.

The Bible says, “Rejoice in the Lord always.” This is the way we should approach life, joyfully; knowing that God has always got our back. Even when we mess up, God is still with us. We need to confess what we have done wrong and watch God do His thing. Timidity or brashness has no place in our lives because God is always the winner. When you know you are on the winning side what is there to be afraid of, or what is there to do or say that is brash?

He doesn’t fight when we allow ourselves to get in the way. He will lovingly work with us to change. If we resist His biddings, He will love us still. We will see that we are the problem and God will wait.

We can be confident that, in the end, the LORD will be the victor. There are a lot of things we don't understand. There are times we really don't know what the LORD would have us do and we may not see Him at work. We can know that the LORD will bring judgment and will bring good/righteousness - in HIS time. There is only power when it is following the LORD's leadership. According to the Bible, the LORD requires obedience and purity before Him. There can be no sin "in the camp".