Lord, Help Me!

This is the cry of my prayers tonight. It is a hard fight we have here in this world and we are too weak to make any headway, no sooner do we think we wound the enemy than we see that not only is the wound we perceived upon him false but we have instead inflicted a deeper wound upon ourselves. By thinking we could fight this fight at all on our own we do more harm than good. We look to ourselves for the strength to persevere and forget to look to the only one who has the strength to overcome. This strength that He wields He gives to those who ask, but you must ask to get it, for He will not let you think that it was yours but instead will wait for you to call upon Him in despair and ask for what you need so that when the victory comes you will know it was from Him and not from anything you could do. Oh, that I would ask for this daily, but I do not. I rely so much on my own strength and fail so many times that I do not know what victory looks like. Then I turn to Him, and only when I do this, I finally see what victory is. Victory is on my knees in prayer, begging my God and Savior to help me, to give me strength to stand against my enemies, to overcome the weaknesses of my own flesh. Oh Lord, how much do I wish to walk in your ways, to seek your glory, to fight against the ways of this world and to keep my focus on You! Lord, please, help me!