Luke 22:46   ‘And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.’

DAILY READING      1 Timothy 3; Isaiah 36-37; Psalm 119:97-120

Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii which is in the Pacific Ocean between California and Japan. During the time of World War II, Hawaii was not a state, but a US territory. And though World War II had been raging in Europe and Asia for two years, the United States had not entered the war. The Empire of Japan was trying to take over much of Asia and was worried about the US Navy in Hawaii. They decided to strike first in order to prevent the United States from attacking them. The attack on Pearl Harbor came as a complete surprise. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes and bombers flew to Pearl Harbor and attacked. The bombers dropped bombs and torpedoes on the war ships, while the fighter planes attacked the US fighter planes on the ground so they could not take off and fight back. There were two waves of attacks and by the end of the second wave a number of US ships were destroyed. Although the Japanese inflicted considerable damage to the US Navy, they did not cripple it. The Japanese thought that if they took out the war ships in Pearl Harbor, then the United States Navy would be crippled and would never attack. However, they were mistaken and the attack on Pearl Harbor had just the opposite result. The US declared war the next day. This would be America’s entrance into world war 2, where eventually along with its other allies, they would win the war.  However, the attack on Pearl Harbor remains one of the most famous surprise attack in history.

Likewise, the battle of pearl harbor in many ways resembles the battles of life. Often times life’s battles come suddenly without warning. And how well a man is prepared beforehand will determine how well he survives.

Ephesians 6:13  says  ‘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.’

‘The evil day’ is talking about the day of battle.  There is no one on earth who does not face battles. It is part of life. To survive  and thrive in that day, you must live ready.  At the alarm of war , there may be no time for preparation.  It is the reserve power you  already have that will pull you through.  You must therefore  be ready long before the fight. That is the way to be victorious.  And this reserve power is built through maintaining a fervent altar of prayer. Jesus  asked us to rise and pray lest we enter into temptation.  A lifestyle of daily fellowship with God, will ensure you don’t fall in the day of temptation. Daily fellowship with God, is daily building up your spiritual muscles. When you Study the bible, fast and pray, what you are doing is building up your reserve strength.  A day will come when you will need it. You may not know the day of the fight, but when you live ready  you can be sure of victory.

Spiritually, one of the strong signs of an impending attack  is if our fire and fervency seems to be going down. Low fire is indication that we are low on oil and so should refill. The enemy strikes most when you are spiritually weak. It is while men slept or were spiritually weak, that the enemy sowed tares. But when we watch and pray the thief is unable to break in to steal. We must keep our loins girded and our lights burning. The ability to stand strong  in faith, declaring  God’s Word without shifting , is our  guarantee of victory. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. We must therefore,  Spend enough time in The Word digging a deep foundation so that no matter the storm or wind that comes,  our house will never fall.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to always maintain a lifestyle of spiritual fervency, may my fire never go down or go  out. By Your grace, I shall live prepared and have the victory in every area of temptation in Jesus Name.  . .

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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained a  victorious end for you.- WORDBITE 222.