The Home Team Advantage

The 6/16 verse of the day is from 2 Kings 6:16, "He said, "Don't worry about it—there are more on our side than on their side." MSG

Sometimes our enemies and circumstances seem so numerous that we become discouraged.  Such was the case in this Old Testament account of Elisha and his servant being surrounded and outnumbered by a mighty army that had come to destroy them.  The servant was overcome, as if to throw up his hands in defeat and cry, "What will we do now?"  Elisha, the prophet, was undaunted.  He prayed for God to open his servant's eyes, and when He did, the servant saw horses and chariots of fire all around them.  Elisha then prayed that God would blind the eyes of the enemy and He allowed Elisha to lead them away.  Suddenly, the home team had the advantage.  God was on their side!  They just had to recognise it and ask Him to help them win the battle.

How many times have we felt defeated and not asked our God for help?  How many times has He provided help and we just haven't recognised it?  How many times are we in a battle that we shouldn't even be in?  After many scars and bruises, I've come to realize that my best battle plan involves surrendering to my Lord so He can open my eyes and win the battle for me.  Having the Lord on my side far outweighs any number of enemies or problems that come my way.

How about you?  Are you in a battle today?  Are your problems and enemies weighing you down?  Ask God to help you open your eyes to His power in your life.  Ask Him to help you see that there are more on your side than on their side.  Ask Him to help you recognise that He is on your side.  The battle is not ours; the battle is the Lord's.  Go ahead, give it to Him.  I pray that He diverts your enemies.  But more than that, I pray that you will know how much He loves you and that He is bigger than any situation or problem that has come against you.  He is bigger than satan's plan to destroy you.  Be still and know that He is God.  He is with you.  Ask Him to open the eyes or your heart.  Ask Him to show you peace and victory.  Ask Him to help you surrender it all to Him.

It's funny somehow, but we think of surrender as weakness.  Surrender to God is actually the agent that brings strength.  In our weakness, He is made strong.  In our weakness, the strength of Christ leads us.  Through surrender, our eyes are opened to a God that can do anything.  Through surrender, it doesn't really matter what He does or doesn't do.  Through surrender, we realize that the battle is already won because we are His and He is ours.  Through surrender, we begin to see with our hearts and not with our minds or flesh.  Through surrender, we realize we are not alone and that, truly, there are more on our side than on their side.

Open your heart to surrender, I believe you will see things a whole lot differently.  I believe you will realize that you have the home team advantage and the MVP on your side.  You're on the winning team, friend.  Start playing like it!