Muscle memory. So important when training for combat, whether it is with a gun, a knife, or with the strike of a martial artist.
This training of repetition and the never ending ‘perfect practice’ of such, results in one being ready for combat. “The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war” is what we used to say in the Marine Corps.
Continual training for combat, whether it is physical or spiritual, will build the muscle memory we need to defeat our enemies. We train so that our response to the threat in front of us will not just be deflected defensively but will be eliminated offensively.
For those of us who battle anxiety, our battle is one of mental, emotional, spiritual and physiological characteristics. We need to arm ourselves with the word of God, the word of Truth. We need to blend our physical, mental and emotional responses to these battles, with spiritual truths.
Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
The threat to our lives is real, though the war has been won, the victory sealed; the daily battles rage on.
Let’s arm ourselves with the word of God and train as if our very life depended on it; because it does.