Monday, July 18, 2016

The Most Effective Fight


“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

Ephesians 6:12





The devil will do everything in his power to convince you that all that is happening on the evening news today is just flesh and blood out of control.

He delights in blind believers shooting at false targets.

There is evil in the world.

But it is first and foremost a spiritual battle we are fighting.

We are not told to put on the whole armor of God for no reason.

Our heavenly Father knows how battles are won.

He has equipped us for that battle.

I would say to you it is won on our knees as we pray but whether you kneel when you pray, whether you stand, whether you are prostrate before the Lord it is indeed a battle fought in prayer.

God does not provide His children with bombs and terror.

He equips us with the preaching of the Gospel.

Now to many frustrated people that message is the last thing they want to hear.

They want vengeance, they want retribution.

But listen again to the words of Jesus:

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

Luke 6:27-28

Jesus began by saying – “...to you who are listening...”

Are you listening?

Are you fighting this battle in the Lord’s way and with the weapons He has provided?


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