This week, while at the beach, there was a thunderstorm. I said to my eight year old  granddaughter, Emily, “God is in a spiritual battle fighting for good, humility for His children, and truth to be known”. She replied, “Nana, I thought a thunderstorm was just hot and cold air coming together.” I explained,” science and spirit are not opposed to each other, and the spiritual and physical world are both real, but different. In the physical world  hot and cold air are coming together, but in the spiritual world there are ongoing battles that affect, stimulate, and achieve outcome in the physical world”. King David understood that his inner and outer man would find victory over conflicts and encounters through the Lord’s powerful ability to fight darkness and maintain dominion in spiritual spheres. David cried out to the Lord for help, and as a result, the host of heaven entered into spiritual battle. This spiritual battle was then manifested in the physical world through the weather: storms, winds, clouds, hailstones, thunder, and lightning. David triumphed over his enemies and gave all the credit to the Lord for the victory. Today, as God’s people, we sometimes find ourselves struggling, as David did, to carry on and endure the adversity and hardships we go through in the world. However, when we cry out to the Lord of Hosts as in the days of old, He enters into a spiritual battle on our behalf that will always lead to victory and triumph in our lives!

“He heard my voice out of His temple[heavenly dwelling place], He rode upon a cherub [a storm] and flew [swiftly]; yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind. As His pavilion [His canopy] round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. Out of the brightness before Him there broke forth through His thick   clouds hailstones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, amid  hailstones an coals of fire. And He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He flashed forth lightnings and put them to rout. He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated and abhorred me, for they were too strong for me” (Psalm 18:6b, 10, 11b-14, 17).

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