HIMPower Magazine HimPower September 2017 | Page 6

FOR YOUR INSPIRATION
When There’s No
Strength to Fight
by Julie Wiebracht
Mark 14:36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for
you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
My Abba Papa, here I sit. Not knowing
the spiritual battles I may face tomorrow,
but painfully aware of my lack of strength
to fight them. I have finally seen the truth.
I don’t have the wisdom, the knowledge,
and certainly not the strength, for battle.
But then- when all seems lost- You remind
me to come to you... as a little child. What
does a child know? How can a child fight?
What can a child do? Except trust. Trust in
her Abba Papa. But I kept believing I was
a grown woman. So I felt the heat of battle
against my flesh. The arrows burned and
hit their mark. In my anguish, I desperately
tried to find the answers; seeking even in
good places, even in your word. But I was
seeking for deliverance by my wisdom,
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through my knowledge. I was desperate to
figure You out... and yet- there was no relief.
I prayed. But still, where were You? Even so,
in the midst of my anxiety, you kept giving
me this image of a parent with a child; until
I came to you broken and on my knees.
Because I finally saw, I had been helpless
all along. And now, I am no longer frantic
for the storm to pass. No longer terrified of
when the tides will rise. For I know that I
have nothing, yet at the same time I have
everything. Because all I have ever needed is
in my Abba Papa.
Romans 8:15 For you did not receive
the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but
you have received the Spirit of adoption as
sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”