Responses to Danger: Fight
On the S&S website there’s a blog article entitled: Foxholes. It’s about the choices we all have when we perceive danger. You can read it by clicking here. Fight is the final of newsletters looking at three responses, flight, freeze and fight.
Standing Strong in the Foxhole
A veteran once told me that “In foxholes, the best men fight.” He had seen men run, he had seen men freeze, but the ones he remembered with honor were those who fought—even when it cost them their lives.
Jesus Himself said, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). Fighting in the foxholes was not just about survival, but about protecting the lives of others. It was an act of love, courage, and duty.
Our spiritual foxholes are different, but the principle is the same. Paul told Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7). The fight of faith is not about fists and weapons, but about courage, endurance, and obedience to God in the middle of life’s battles.
Fighting is taking responsibility instead of hiding or running. It means fighting with your family when things are hard, resisting temptation when it would be easier to give in, showing kindness when anger seems more natural, or praying when it feels like all is lost. As Paul urged, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life” (1 Timothy 6:12).
In Nehemiah, God’s people rebuilt the broken walls of Jerusalem. They faced constant threats from their enemies, but they refused to stop. “Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon” (Nehemiah 4:17). They didn’t run or freeze—they fought while they built.
The Christian life calls us into battle—not against people, but against the enemy of our souls (Ephesians 6:12). We fight by standing our ground in faith, by protecting those we love, and by pressing forward even when the battle is long and hard.
Because in the end, the ones who fight are the ones who finish well.
