When We Can No Longer Fight
Perhaps faith is not given to us so that we will always be strong.
Perhaps faith is given so that, little by little, we learn to recognize the Father’s strength.
Every small victory over sin matters. Every time we choose love instead of anger, forgiveness instead of resentment, truth instead of fear, or prayer instead of despair, grace is quietly winning a battle within us.
And then there are moments when we can no longer fight.
Our strength is exhausted.
Our defenses have failed.
We have nothing left to prove.
It is then that faith becomes surrender.
“Lord, I cannot fight anymore. You fight for me.”
And perhaps this is one of the deepest gifts of faith: not that we will never be defeated in our own strength, but that we will discover that we were never meant to win the battle alone.
The Father allows us to experience small victories—not so that we will become proud of our strength, but so that we will learn to trust His.
And when our strength finally ends, we discover something greater:
His strength has not ended.
The small triumphs were signs of a greater victory already accomplished in Christ—the victory of love over sin, of grace over our weakness, and ultimately of life over death.
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