0721 你的爭戰已成為我的爭戰
仇敵如同洪水一般臨到，要將你淹沒在心痛和幻滅之中。這彷彿是一場永無止境的爭戰，然而，你仍然站立。你虔誠禱告，你已經竭盡所能；即便如此，你仍看不到突破。親愛的，我來告訴你：即使你疲憊不堪，但不要灰心喪氣；即便使你心如刀絞，也要把痛苦交託給我。我正在籌劃勝利。
仇敵來，是要偷竊、殺害、毀壞；但我來，是要賜給你們豐盛的生命。你的爭戰，就是我的爭戰。不要被眼見的所迷惑。仇敵想要欺騙你，讓你以為牠已經得勝，以為一切都不會改變，只會越來越糟。但牠是個騙子！不要再聽牠的！親愛的，看着我。即使你看不見我的作為，但這並不代表我沒有在為你預備突破。你還在盯着眼前的困境，但我呼召你超越這環境，並提前宣告你的得勝，即使你早已這樣做過千百萬次。此刻，我再次將盼望注入你的心中。我已在你前面發出怒吼，為你開闢道路。
你記念我所有的漂泊和哭泣，你把我的眼淚裝在你的瓶子里——沒有一滴會丟失，因為它們都被記錄在你的紀念冊上。當我呼求你，尋求父親的幫助時，爭戰的勢頭髮生逆轉，我的仇敵四散逃竄。我深知一件事：上帝站在我這一邊！—— 詩篇56:8-9
0721 Your battles have become mine.
The enemy has come like a flood to drown you in heartache and disillusionment. It has felt like a never-ending battle. Yet, you have stood. You have prayed. You have done all you know to do. Still, you’re not seeing the breakthrough. Beloved, I have come to tell you: though you are weary, do not faint. Though your heart aches, release the pain to me. I am planning the victory.
The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come to give you life in abundance. Your battles have become my battles. Don’t be deceived by what you see. The enemy wants to trick you into thinking he’s won, that nothing will ever change except to get worse. But he’s a liar! Stop listening to him! Look at me, beloved. Just because you don’t see what I’m doing, doesn’t mean I’m not orchestrating your breakthrough. You’re staring at the circumstances, but I’m calling you to rise above them and declare your victory in advance, even if you’ve done it a million times already. Right now, I’m breathing hope into you again. I have gone before you with a roar, and I’m breaking open the way.
You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle–not one will be lost. For they are all recorded in your book of remembrance. The very moment I call to you for a father’s help the tide of battle turns and my enemies flee. This one thing I know: God is on my side! –PSALM 56:8-9