You are my champion
Giants fall when you stand undefeated, every battle you’ve one
I am who you say I am
You crown me with confidence
I am seated
In the Heavenly place
Undefeated, with the One who has conquered it all

Have y’all heard “You Are My Champion” by Dante Bowe and Bethel Music? If not, I, of course, will link the YouTube (I can’t find it on Apple Music). This song really gets me going. It’s literally my anthem at the present moment. I wasn’t even about to blog then something happened that caused me to say a prayer sending my ministering angels out and I started singing this song as a reminder of who God is.

Last year was no doubt the toughest year for me spiritually since I began to wholeheartedly follow God again. If you’re new to the blog and have no clue about my faith journey thus far has been like (which honestly there isn’t much on here about it, but I am going to do better at really sharing) I’ve been following Jesus for real for three years now. I grew up in the church and around the church and my parents are Christians, but we all know there is a vast difference between growing up in church and being like Christ in the way you live. I grew up in church, I was a youth leader in Church praying for people’s salvation, but I didn’t know Jesus for myself and my life definitely did not reflect him. Over the past three years since conceiving my son Josiah out of wedlock and getting married shortly after I’ve been chasing Jesus as if my life depends on it because it does. If I am being completely honest my son is what led me back to Christ. I had a myriad of pregnancy complications and did not want to bring my child in this world not living for God the way I should and not being obedient to His word.

Let’s fast forward to last year…

Last year I really felt as if things were coming at me from all sides. My family has been under nothing other than a spiritual attack, and the enemy has really been trying to attack my mind and as I am typing this I can honestly say he’s been trying to silence my voice. I’ve been reading my Bible (as we all should) and praying here and there but I have not been confessing the Word of God over my life and situation as I should.

Ignorance is not knowing.

Disobedience is knowing what to do and not doing it.

Trial after trial and test after test has happened to me and instead of calling on God first and foremost I called my parents. The enemy attacked my marriage (an attack from which I am still recovering) and instead of calling on God first, I hit the ceiling and let anger take me to places that honestly scared me and shifted the atmosphere in my home. Here I am at the cusp of the New Year and I think I can say I finally get it.

I had a revelation a few weeks ago in which I realized that God keeps giving me the same test and I keep failing it MISERABLY, might I add. Something will happen and instead of turning the other cheek and extending, the grace I receive continually from God, I take it upon myself to be my own defender.

No one in the Bible ever won their battle by being their own Champion. The Divine breathed on their situation and things began to change according to His plans for their lives. The same goes for my situation. I’ve finally realized what I’ve been missing all year. I keep asking God “to touch my situation”, completely forgetting that he doesn’t have to touch it. This is the same God who spoke and life appeared. All He has to do is speak, and all I have to do is get out of the way, close my big mouth, and let Him defend me.

Psalms teach us that God is our “Shepard”, he’s our protector and our defender. The Bible teaches us that He’s the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. So if he was Davids protector and He is never changing, surely He is my protector, he’s my Champion.

The lyrics to You Are My Champion say that “giants fall when you stand undefeated, every battle you’ve won”. God has won every battle. He’s the undefeated heavyweight champion of the universe. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He is everywhere at all times and knows everything. He is God. He’s a big God, with big plans for his people, and he always protects his children.

I’m writing this to you, but really more so as a reminder to myself. It’s time to step aside and let God handle it. Being a Christian does not excuse us from dealing with trials, it doesn’t exempt us from having our own share of uncomfortable mess. The most important thing to realize is that if God did it before, he will do it again. God will always champion his people. Sometimes it’s hard to see the goodness of God through the pain but it’s extremely important to know that above all else weapons will form but they will never prosper.