Chapter 1: Spiritual Warfare
Author: Tyler / Category: Armor of GodThere is a battle raging for your soul. This battle does not cease. The enemy does not sleep. This is not some small conflict that you can shrug off. The enemy has declared full out war against everything you believe.
We kid ourselves this day and age. We rely on fact and evidence, so when it comes to things of the spiritual realm we shrug it off. We think, “Because I cannot see it, or touch it, it doesn’t have sway over what happens to me.” Unfortunately the complete opposite is true. What happens in the spiritual world is more real than anything that can happen to you on earth.
But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. We can’t afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and dissipation, in bickering and grabbing everything in sight. Get out of bed and get dressed! Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about!
Rom 13:11-14 (MSG)
The bad news…
You can’t win a battle directly with this enemy. No matter what you do, if you go against the devil straight on you will loose. The human cannot fight evil by himself. It is written in the laws of spirituality that the human will automatically side with the devil. It is in our nature.
The good news…
You don’t have to fight him. It is our job to go to our knees in prayer. To ask for help from God and from our comrades is the only way to win a battle against evil. God will, and has already sleighed the devil for us. All we have to do is join the winning side.
So why put on armor? If we aren’t going to the battlefield, why would we want to dress in such heavy “cumbersome” clothes? Let’s just sit back at home while the King fights the battle.
Well, the truth is, the King has already fought the battle. He did his part, now he needs to know if you, the troops, the Knights of his kingdom will do your part. Will you stand in the battle? Will you do what it takes to hold your ground against the enemy’s constant attacks? Because if you don’t stand with Him you stand against Him.
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