All too often (most of the time) we don't recognize it, that we are in it.
Then how shall we do?
The reality is that it is not i us to win it but He will win it in us.
Peter one time wanted direction in how to do, 'master if we don't know where you are going how shall we follow?'. Jesus answered him in a profound way (as he usually did) answering the question but at the same time giving them spiritual instruction, when He said 'I am the Way'.
And so it is, it is not for us to figure out the way but have a meek spirit that is able to follow and we can 'rest' assured that He will accomplish it.
Thanks for sharing.
It is true that Jesus is "the way, the truth and the life" and that we must follow his example of love through the Holy Spirit in us, which gives us the power to do so.
For it is the "sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit" that makes us "obedient to Jesus" (1 Peter 1:2).
Jesus even says, "It is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work" (John 14:10).
So like Jesus, as long as we 'walk in the Spirit' and "keep in step with the Spirit," God will do his good work in us to accomplish his will in us (Galatians 5:25).
As it is written in Phillipians, "[be] confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phillipians 1:6)
God is faithful to complete his work in you to the very end, and fight your battles, as long as we fix our eyes on Jesus and not this world, and keep filling ourselves with the Spirit, by reading the word of God and putting it into practice, worshipping daily and keeping faithful in prayer. For "those who are led by the Spirit are the Children of God" (Romans 8:14).
Jesus confirms God's mighty work in his daily life saying,
"The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him." (John 8:29).
As long as we please him, by sowing in the things of the 'Spirit' and not the 'flesh,' then God will give us the strength we need and the Spiritual maturity to become more like Christ and to persevere in all circumstances, to endure, to demolish strongholds, to love your enemies, and remain faithful to Jesus to the very end.
In the book of Revelation, it talks about those who 'won the battle' or 'fought the good fight of faith' while on earth. It says:
"They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death." (Revelation 12:11).
I pray this message will be an encouragement,
God bless!