If you follow the course of this world, it would have you believe that Satan is more resourceful than God.

That mindset traps us in cycles of defeat. We magnify the power of darkness and forget that light defeats darkness.

If your last mistake, or your latest unfortunate circumstance, feels too big to overcome, this is for you.

However you got to this point, the God of heaven has spared your life long enough for you to read this.

Often, when we feel furthest away from God, we may actually be closest to the posture in which we can receive His help, because we have come to the end of all our resourcefulness.

And like Jacob, we must humble ourselves before God and acknowledge:

Jacob crossed the Jordan with nothing but a staff and came back with two camps. He had not provided that. God had.

A few years ago, I posted a video on the Young Adult Ministries YouTube channel called The Art of War: The War of Attrition. In it, I described one of the enemy's tactics as a war of attrition.

Attrition warfare is a strategy of wearing down an opponent through continuous losses until they reach the point of collapse.

The enemy may attack different areas of your life, sometimes simultaneously, seeking to exhaust your resources and weaken your resolve.

But the ultimate target is not merely your resources. It is your faith and your perception of God's righteousness.

Consider Job.

He lost his livestock, his servants and his children, one devastating report after another.

Then came the attack on his health. Then the words of his wife. Then the accusations of his friends, who were supposed to comfort him.

Loss after loss. Blow after blow.

The enemy sought to wear Job down until he would abandon his confidence in God's righteousness.

And this is where we must be careful. When the attacks keep coming, we can begin to believe that God has become our enemy, that He is unjust, or that He has abandoned us.

So how do we respond? Look at Job's initial response.

Not because he was happy. Not because he was celebrating his losses. He humbled himself before God, acknowledging His sovereignty, superiority and righteousness.

Worship is not merely an emotional expression of praise. It begins with the recognition and reverence of God, and finds its proof in our active obedience to Him.

The key to winning the war of attrition is worship: recognising, revering and exalting God.

Even when we do not understand what He has allowed.

Even when we have come to the end of our own resources.

And remember what I said in that teaching:

Stay in the posture of worship. Do not surrender your confidence in His righteousness. Do not allow your circumstances to convince you that darkness is greater than light.