2026 Daily Affirmation #314

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“Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:13, MEV). God loves us enough to help us stand. We need to stand. To stand no matter what is happening around us. To stand no matter what the weather is. To stand no matter what is trying to distract us. To stand no matter what. To simply stand. The military understands this. There are many types in many countries across the world. There is guaranteed to be a duty where standing is all that you are going to do. The job is to stand. Not to be distracted by tourists. By the general public. By other soldiers. By paparazzi. To stand and guard in that position until trouble happens (which requires action because they are defending their position) or until they are relieved. No excuses. No exceptions. They are to stand and stand and stand. Some are world famous. People actually travel to take their picture and witness it for themselves. The stand. We are to do the same. It is how the devil flees from us (James 4:7). We submit to God. We humble ourselves under the rule of our Lord. And we STAND on the Word. It doesn’t say charge across the landscape fighting. It says stand. We are supposed to be agreeing with what God has said (1 John 5:14–15). Falling into alignment with Him (John 15:7). We aren’t making this up on our own. We’re not trying to get the best deal as WE see it. We’re to stand on His Word, agreeing with what He said, and holding onto the promise He made which we believe He told the truth about and which we trust He can bring about. That is where we stand. That is what we stand on. When we do that, and we stand — no matter what — victory is ours because HE is the victory (1 Corinthians 15:57) and HE is the overcomer (John 16:33). We receive victory and we overcome when we rest in Him. He does the heavy lifting. That’s how we succeed. That’s how we get victory. God does the heavy lifting. We need to obey and we need to hold onto His Word no matter what it looks like. People always get concerned about whether it’s going to work or not. Let’s say you miss it over something. You get something wrong and you end up leaving this life believing it will happen, but it doesn’t before you go. The worst thing is that you were busy practicing trust in God. That’s the worst thing that could happen. So what exactly is the downside? Either we trust in Him, have missed it somewhere, and it doesn’t happen but we go to meet Him full of trust in Him; or we trust in Him and it does happen because we didn’t miss it. That’s seems like a win-win. There is NO losing when you are trusting in Him and listening to Him. Listening is important because He’ll tell us if we’re missing it and correct us. If we’re listening and submit to the correction, we can change what we’re standing on. Not getting off the Word, but shifting our position to being in alignment with what He actually said and what He’s actually promising (and to whom). Standing on the Word, standing hand in hand with God, THAT is how we win. That is our task. Not to get worked up about what is or isn’t happening, but getting worked up about standing with Him, trusting in Him, and believing what He says. Standing no matter what and then standing some more. It isn’t always exciting, but it is always the right thing to do.