Freshwater: For We Do Not Battle Against Flesh and Bone

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Friday, July 20, 2012

For We Do Not Battle Against Flesh and Bone

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Ephesians 6:12

Our battle is not your everyday common garden variety brawl. It's not with the bully down the road, or our friend we're mad at, or even the enemy forces across the valley. Our fight is not physical, but more than that. We wrestle with things both seen and unseen, thoughts, temptations and fears...

And who shall stop us? Who shall stand in the way of God's servants? The rulers of the darkness of this world will try, but God is more powerful than anything or anyone who would ever try to stand against Him.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37-39

Be vigilant, be alert, be prepared, but do not be afraid. Christ is Lord, and we are forgiven. My faith is on the Solid Rock and I'm Counting on God!