When going into battle, soldiers prepare and train for weeks and weeks before hand. Their commanders tell them when, how, and what they will be doing in combat. They get them ready so that when the time comes, they can overcome the enemy. There's not chance of losing. In the book of Judges God used the battles in chapters 1-2 to prepare and ready the descendants of the Israelites for future battles.
If I'm going into battle I would want to prepare way in advance for any future complications. I wouldn't want to run into anything unprepared. The life of a Christian is filled with battles. The Bible talks about the battle between good and evil that's going on but God has already won. That doesn't mean that it's going to be easy, it means that God will bring you through anything because he has already won the battle and you are his through faith in him.
I think whatever struggles you are facing now are equipping you for the future. The struggles you face now all have a purpose and fit into the plan. Soldier go through rigorous training physically for their physical battles. We go through rigorous training spiritually for the spiritual warfare we engage in.
Psalm 18: 39
You armed me with strength for battle.
Judges 3:2
He did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience.
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