Picking a Side in the Battle

• By candidasullivan
• January 31, 2026
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Do you feel the weight of being a child of God?
Do you feel the attacks because of who you are?

The enemy might knock me down. I’m not immune to his attacks.

But it is my choice how I respond to them.

In the trenches of unfair circumstances and deep pain, I can wallow in my misery and the unfairness of it all. Or I can dig ditches with my prayers—expecting God to fill each one with His abundant blessings, and keep my eyes firmly planted on the Lord.

Regardless of what the enemy may tell me, I know that God hears my prayers. And even when I can’t see any evidence of it, I know God has a plan. I trust that He is working far beyond what I can see or understand.

John 16:33 KJV
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Faith is trusting God in the darkness, the pain, and the uncertainty of it all.

Love is choosing continously to forgive, to pray, and to fight for those who are struggling.

Trust is knowing that God can answer our prayers and believing He will do it in the best way possible, even when it looks nothing like what we expected.

While the enemy may be brutal in his attacks, MY GOD IS VICTORIOUS.
So I’m going to praise the Lord through it all.

I’ll praise Him in the storms.
Through the circumstances that feel unfair and unbearably painful.
I’ll praise Him with the shards of my broken heart—knowing God will heal it all.

Sometimes, the greatest thing we can do is firmly pick a side.
Will we worry or trust?
Complain or praise?
Walk with the Lord or wallow in our misery?

Once I make up my mind, the enemy loses his power over me. When my default reaction is to run to my Lord, His strength becomes my strength, and His peace steadies my soul.

God knows we cannot defeat the enemy on our own. That’s why He calls us to seek Him, cling to Him, and trust Him to be our God.

He is an AMAZING GOD.

God has never let me down. He has never left me to handle anything on my own. He is always there—leading me, guiding me, strengthening me, and loving me through it all.