The Wrong Fight

THE WRONG FIGHT

What the LORD has been showing me was this—start each day, each battle, with Him. Receive His direction first. Then Release it—declare it, pray through it, meditate on it, search the Word for it—and then Move without hesitation. That’s the order. Don’t just react. Don’t just jump. Receive. Release. Move.

SEE WITH YOUR EARS

We often react to what we see, relying on our eyesight instead of listening for God’s voice. But Scripture shows God’s people moved by hearing. Seeing with our ears means making decisions based on what we've heard from God, not just what we see. Our natural eyes can trick us, circumstances can lie, but His voice is always true. This is how faith works—it’s hearing, trusting, and obeying, even when it doesn’t look right.

LESSONS FROM DAVID

David, distressed and facing stoning, strengthened himself in the Lord. He inquired of the Lord, asking, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And God answered, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”

This is a perfect example of a man refusing to react emotionally or impulsively based on what he saw—his stolen families and grieving people—and instead choosing to hear from God before acting. David chose not to fight based on emotion, trauma, or circumstance—but by faith that came through hearing God’s voice. He “saw” the path forward only after he heard the Lord’s command.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: SOLDIER, ATHLETE, FARMER

Paul’s words to Timothy reveal the Christian life requires a soldier’s mindset, an athlete’s discipline, and a farmer’s steady faithfulness. All three demand focus, responsibility, and clarity of mission. We cannot afford distraction or to waste strength on the wrong battles.

• Soldier: Endurance & Focus - Stay battle-ready. Don’t get entangled. Please the Commander.
• Athlete: Discipline & Integrity - Compete lawfully. Obey God's design, not your own strategy.
• Farmer: Faithfulness & Patience - Keep sowing. Fruit comes in due season.

If we’re going to move forward in unity, accuracy, and power, we must identify what battles are not ours to fight.

ARE WE FIGHTING THE WRONG FIGHT?

Wrong fights are battles we step into out of pride, pain, or distraction—fights that might feel justified but were never assigned by God. They leave us exhausted. The best way to identify them is by looking at the fruit: is it fresh or rotten?

The enemy seeks to distract and deflect, often through seemingly justified means:

• The Facebook Fight (Arguing in the Flesh): Engaging in debates to defend pride, opinions, or emotions, even in the name of “truth.” The wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
• The Fight for Control (Masking as Conviction): Using discernment or righteous anger to manipulate outcomes, withhold support, or refuse submission unless things happen our way. At its root, it’s about pride, not justice.
• Gossip (Disguised as Concern): Speaking against a brother or sister under the guise of “being honest” or “sharing a concern.” Gossip is spiritual cancer and partners with the enemy.

These are flesh-driven reactions, not Kingdom battles. The enemy is fine with us being spiritual, as long as we’re argumentative and not aligned with Heaven’s assignment.

THE ROOT ISSUE: AN OBEDIENCE PROBLEM

We don’t just stumble into the wrong fights; we choose them. The root is an obedience problem. We either don’t ask God before we move, or we don’t like the answer, so we do our own thing. We react to what we see instead of obeying what we heard.

When we fight without permission, we end up drained, distracted, and beat up because we weren’t covered by obedience. God calls us to the simplicity that is in Christ—hearing God and doing what He says.

Obedience is always the right fight. It’s the fight God honors, even when the outcome isn’t what we expect. Obedience positions us in God’s will, aligns us with His power, and prepares us for the victory He promises in His timing. It is the evidence that we’ve heard from heaven and are choosing His will over our own.

Our power in warfare doesn’t come from shouting louder or being more aggressive. Our power comes from submission to God’s voice. That’s where the enemy loses his grip—when we simply do what God says.

CONCLUSION: FIGHT THE RIGHT FIGHT

The real fight is the daily battle to obey. The battle to hear and then follow. The battle to bring our emotions, our thoughts, our reactions—into alignment with heaven. Let’s commit again to hearing God clearly—and obeying quickly. That’s how we fight the right fight. That’s how we win.

Declare:

I will listen for God’s voice before I act. _{Proverbs 3:5-6}

I will not fight battles I was never sent to fight. _{2 Timothy 2:4}

I will obey God’s commands because I love Him. _{John 14:15}

I will stand strong in the Spirit and fight the good fight of faith. _{1 Timothy 6:12}

I am ready to move when He moves. _{Psalm 37:23}