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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 12 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.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
- Ephesians 6:12-13 KJV
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 6:12 KJV
The Message For Today (June 26, 2026):
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God never promised that it would be easy. He promised that he would never leave you nor forsake you. Many times, when we’re looking for the easiest path or the path of least resistance, we’re hoping that everything that we have is enough, that all that we need is already inside of our hands, and that if there’s something that we don’t have, then maybe we’re not ready or it’s not the right time. So we tend to let go of the things that we’re often called to work through, that we’re called to speak to, that we’re called to break, that we’re called to shift.
It is impossible to please God without faith.
That is what the scripture admonishes us. That faith is so important to the Lord that it’s impossible to please him without it. It says in Hebrews 11:6:
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. - Hebrews 11:6 KJV
The kind of faith that believes that He is God and that He’s a rewarder of those who seek Him is the kind of faith that guides you beyond limitations, beyond temporary circumstances, and beyond delays. Whatever the delay or whatever the denial has been, the Lord our God is greater. He’s mighty to save, mighty to deliver, and mighty to set free. He is our great God. All that we need, He has already provided.
It doesn’t mean that we always have it within ourselves. There are times when we feel like we just don’t have it, that we’re not ready, that we’re not prepared. And this is not being sinful or disobedient. This is simply being human and recognizing when you’ve met your limitation. The Lord tells us in scripture that there is nothing too hard for Him. There is nothing the Lord cannot accomplish.
So, by faith, we are able to see something new. By faith, we’re able to transform our lives. We’re able to open new doors and make spirit-led moves. Meaning, when you’re wrestling against flesh and blood, and you feel as though the battle is between you and a person or you and an organization, you will often redirect your struggle to earthly weapons, carnal weapons, with your pen, your paper, your influence, to attempt to straighten things out in your own strength and power.
But when we’re fighting the good fight of faith, we are wrestling not against flesh and blood, but we are wrestling against principalities, against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world. Very specific is what it says in Ephesians 6:12. This lineup of understanding that the flesh and the Spirit are not one, that the flesh can be disobedient, but the Spirit of the Lord is still the Spirit. Still capable of transforming hearts and renewing minds, and still able to bring about a transformation by his grace.
So when we’re fighting the good fight of faith, we’re not fighting alone. We are not wrestling against flesh or against humanity or against systems. We are fighting against the darkness that perverts systems, against the powers that claim systems and institute massive shifts in liberty, and principalities that operate through people. Principalities which may cause a friend to turn their back at the last moment or may cause a parent to decide to viscerally undermine your self-esteem.
Whatever the case may be, whether it be a family member, whether it be a friend, whether it be your husband, whether it be your church, whatever it may be, whatever the “enemy” is, we are not fighting flesh and blood. We are preparing for war and victory over apathy, over distractions, over overwhelm, anxiety, fear, lack of understanding, lack of transition, and lack of breakthrough. All because we don’t quite know the end of a thing from the beginning.
But when you know from the beginning, you know the truth of a thing. You know that the Lord has been with you from day one. You know that He is fighting for you. You know that there are times when you will simply need to be still and know that He is God, that he will fight the battles for you and turn the tables in your favor. That’s what we know.
But when it feels like it’s not possible to hold on, and it feels as if all of the mechanisms, all the devices of this world are trying to make you give up on life, on yourself, on ever believing God is more than able, this is where the good fight enters in. To fight the good fight of faith is to stand boldly and decree that you will not be moved.
You will not be silenced. You will trust the Lord your God all the days of your life because He is good and His mercy endures forever. So in Revelation, 3:8–11 in the King James Version it states:
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
To keep the word of the Lord and to not deny his name is important. To hold fast to his word is important, as it tells us also in Hebrews:10:23. In verses 9 through 11, it reads:
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
That last line in verse 11 shows us that this is not a passive journey. To hold fast to the promises, to hold fast to what you believe in, to take action that is living full of living faith, so that no man can take that crown of faith that you have. That crown that the scripture is discussing is your faith. It is your faith in God and his ability to do what He claimed He could do.
To build, to transform your life and make all things new. Revelation 3:8–11 teaches us how to fight simply by holding fast, not giving up our crown, not getting caught up in the things of this world, but being focused on the words of the Lord, that we may remain patient and good.
Now, as we close the devotional and we go forth in the day looking to your to-do list and looking to the limits and looking to the walls and looking to what the Holy Spirit has given you to walk in, remember that the good fight of faith is always worth it.
It won’t be easy. You won’t always have it within you. But we will have the sovereign Lord. We will have our great God. We will have the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. We will have Him with us at all times.
We will have Him with us as a constant companion. We’ll have Him with us at work within us to go exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to that power that worketh in us. That is what happens when we’re fighting the good fight of faith: when we realize that we don’t always have what we need, it’s not always in us, but it is always in the hands of the sovereign God.
It is always by His Spirit, it is always by the indwelling, and it’s always by the blessing of the Lord to send people, to send those who will run with you. For we know that one may be able to pray and see things move, but when two come together in His name, there He is in the midst also. And when two come together, agreeing on any one thing, the Lord blesses it, shifts it, transforms it, and makes all things new.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My prayer for you:
Father, in the name of Jesus: thank you, thank you for the grace and the glory of God. Lord, you are Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I thank you, Lord God, for who you are. Lord, I thank you for the release of this word, God, and the message for the mighty woman of God, that she is not alone. I thank you for covering all that concerns her, God, from the beginning to the end.
Lord, you are good and your mercy endure forever. So I thank you, Lord God, for being the sovereign Rock, the Holy One, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Lord, bless the mighty woman of God. Shift everything, transform and make new, O God, the glory of the Lord within this mighty woman of God. I thank you, Lord God, that she is fighting a good fight of faith, that she is pressing, O God, past every limitation and that you are right there with her, O God, to go exceedingly, abundantly, above all that she can ask or possibly think.
For you are the Lord our God. You are mighty to save, mighty to deliver, and mighty to set free. I thank you, Lord, and I bless you in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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