Guarding Ground

“Ground has been taken, you’ve overcome; don’t give it back, remember what’s been won.”

Loren Thornburg

No soldier would fight and risk his life just to give the enemy his hard-fought victory. Now most of us, thankfully, do not know the full of what it means to battle with our lives on the line, but we all have had battles in our lives. We battle contentment, depression, insecurities, hopelessness, lies, fears, and so much more. As we have all battled, we have also all experienced victory in different areas and at different levels. Unfortunately, I have found that although I have had victories I forget these victories and at times I can easily go back to how it was before I overcame. It sounds absurd, like the soldier giving up his victory, yet it’s easy to do when you are accustomed to functioning a certain way. The good news is that as it was overcome once it can be reclaimed again. We don’t have to go back to the way things were. Remember your victories and guard the ground that’s been won!

“Rather, I make myself guilty if I rebuild the old system I already tore down.”

Galatians 2:18 NLT

Paul is battling here for the freedom that comes with grace as many were inclined to add laws and rules to it. Jesus came so that we no longer needed the old system of rules and laws, he tore it down. Yet, for many different reasons people continued to live enslaved to the laws even though freedom from them had been offered. Paul says that system of laws has been tore down so don’t rebuild it, rather live in the freedom of grace. The grace of Jesus has allowed us to tear down many of our systems of doing things that don’t bring freedom. He has spoken His truth to our lies and broken the ways that they have kept us from freedom. Let’s keep the lies broken and our lives free. It can be tempting at times to rebuild the old familiar systems and ways we used to do things, yet they don’t bring freedom. You’ve been set free! Let’s stay free!