Last week I was in a symposium on human trafficking at the National Prayer Breakfast and one of the speakers was Bob Goff.  I’ve wanted to meet Bob for quite some time. In fact, we’re inviting him to speak at National Community Church this year.  His life is a prayer, an art form, an example to follow!

One thing he said got in my spirit and I can’t get it out: pick a fight.  That’s his motto or mantra and that’s what you’re doing if you’re going after human traffickers! Isn’t that what Jesus did when he threw down in the temple and drove out the money changers?  He knew how and when to pick a fight.  For what it’s worth, it was typically with self-righteous religious types!

I was thinking about this motto, pick a fight, and it dawned on me: prayer is picking a fight with the enemy.  It’s the way we engage, the way we advance.  Prayer is the way we draw battle lines.  Prayer puts us on the front lines. It’s the way we go from defense to offense. And when we get on our knees, the Lord starts fighting our battles for us!

There are some battlefields I’m not called to die on.  And you have to discern which fight is your fight and which fight isn’t.  But at some point, you need to pick a fight. And the moment you drop to your knees you will be transported to the frontlines of spiritual warfare.  And that’s where the battle is won or lost.