Choosing the hill you die on is a very apt description of choosing your battles wisely. There are conflicts that come our way daily and we must ask ourselves if we should engage in each one and wither away and die engaged in too many battles that distract from our real battle. “Sufficient today is the evil that you have to deal with. Don’t worry about tomorrow”.

We must be sober and vigilant to engage in those battles that determine our destiny. That is why Daniel chose to battle in prayer rather than be distracted by the noise of the trumpets that sounded to say he should not pray to anyone else but the king. Daniel knew his destiny and he chose his battle. He chose prayer to the one true God. He chose destiny.

Don’t be distracted by those who seek to distract us from the greater purpose. I have come to learn that if you focus on God… He will fight your battles for you. Focus. Let us be clear on our mission and choose carefully which hill we are willing to die on.

Why does your life matter?  

We are born and face destiny from the womb to the time of our dying breath. And the time spent between the two spots in our existence matters. It matters because we all have a purpose, we are all to be counted on to do our share to make this world better.

But the lies of the enemy (Satan) is to make us believe that we do not matter. We live under shadows that cover us with sadness and delusions of rejection and self-hate.

Someone might fail to recognize you but God does not. He knows you and he counts you as His. But we deny Him because we deny ourselves the recognition of our identity. We fail to understand that we are counted and that God counts us in His fold. When we choose to walk out our lives based on lies and invitations to demons, we negate our place in His arms. We suffocate in a darkness that will not willingly let go.

It is time for us to know this…

I MATTER. I COUNT. I AM HIS. AND NOTHING IN HEAVEN NOR EARTH SHOULD SEPARATE ME FROM THE ONE WHO LOVES ME THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT I CAN BE COUNTED AS HIS.

AMEN