As I sat in the car waiting to walk into my first club with Scarlet Hope, my mind was racing. I was excited, nervous, and curious about how the girls would respond to me and what experiences I would have that night. The spiritual battle had started. My mind was racing with different scenarios of things that could go wrong. I was worried that I would say the wrong thing and feared I was not equipped enough to talk to these women.
Satan knew which buttons to push for me to be hesitant. He knew how to make me think that I was small and that my God was smaller. As I thought about my weaknesses, I was reminded of Scripture that talks about in my weakness God is strong.
As I sat with the other volunteer and we prayed before walking into the club, I breathed deeply and gave all my anxiety to Him. Satan would not win this battle in my mind. The Holy Spirit had already gone before us into the club and I was confident in that fact.
Every Thursday night the Holy Spirit enters over a dozen clubs through the volunteers of Scarlet Hope. The Enemy does not like this, and you can see this pull back and forth between the Truth and Light of God and the lies and darkness of the Enemy.
The destruction that the Enemy brings with him is undeniable, and sometimes the weight of this feels like too much to bear. But we know that there is hope in the one who has created every single woman or man in that club.
Though the Spiritual battle is still raging on, the war is over. Christ has defeated the grave and won the victory for all. We place our hope in the fact that Jesus has and will continue to change lives. It’s an honor that He chooses to use us, and now when I go into the clubs I know that even though I don’t have the words or the wisdom to do anything, the Holy Spirit will work through me.
Written by Scarlet Hope Intern, Olivia
