We're under fire.

It's a new year. It's time to kick things up a notch.

Awhile back, my pastor posed the question: What would it look like to take one step toward a deeper relationship with God? I definitely pondered it and even took a little action. In the end, however, everything kind of trickled off.

Any relationship needs work. Like a muscle, it needs to be constantly exercised, or else it'll simply fall back to the way it was.

I need to read the Bible more. I simply need to make more time. It's definitely hard, and I'll definitely lose at least a little sleep once school starts, but God is the most important thing. How can I sit here at say I'm a Christian when I barely know the words I preach?

Hebrews 5:12-14
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (Emphasis mine)

I was raised in the church and have learned plenty simply from going through Sunday school and being around fellow Christians. But in eight months I'm leaving home and leaving familiarity for a new town where I will know only a few people, if any, and I will be forced to take a stand for my faith and witness to people who may easily judge me for what I believe. I will meet professors who will be prejudiced against me. Will I be ready to give an answer for the hope that I have?

Now, no. I don't. I know the truth and I know my God, but I don't know how to defend it. I need to put on the armor of God to prepare for the battle to come.

I know there are many out there in a similar position. Let this be an encouragement. You may not be starting college, but know that even now your faith is under fire. We must be continually in prayer and be constantly in the Bible to have the tools of defense.

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