We Are In Battle

My hero Charles Spurgeon said this, "consider how precious a soul must be, when both God and the devil are after it."

God has come to give us life while Satan wants to come and destroy it and yet we give in!   I was reminded of this the other day in a conversation I had with a friend that our battle according to Ephesians, is not against flesh and blood and yet, it seems that Satan deceives us by making us think that our battle IS against flesh and blood.  He, the master of lies, deceives us in fighting each other and IT WORKS!  UGGGGGGH!  Friends, it is time we wake up and fight the real battle...not a secondary battle.  Actually, as I typed that out my mind went straight to the truth of letting Jesus fight the battle and we just walk in Him...because we are no match for Satan.  I am sadden to think about how many churches and families have fallen because of this unique strategy from the devil.  Let's pause and look at what the devil means.  He is a slanderer and an accuser and he likes to accuse us day and night, which makes me wonder if that is why Joshua and David said "meditate on the Word of God day and night?"  Regardless, our battle is against the evil one...not one another.  In fact, each one of us has enough to deal with each day, we don't need any help from anyone else.  We need love.  We need encouragement.  We need grace.  We need Jesus.

We need to set ourselves up with the power of Jesus and Paul tells us how in Ephesians 6:11-20.  We need to suit up for battle and fellow soldiers, the best way for us to battle is in the full armor of God.  Which is His Word:  TRUTH.  RIGHTEOUSNESS.  GOSPEL OF PEACE.  FAITH.  SALVATION.  SWORD OF SPIRIT.  All these grow bigger and deeper on us from being in His Word...by sitting at the Table with Jesus.  And as we move into the Word we pray before we "eat" of it.  We pray while we are "devouring" it.  We pray as we are "digesting" it.  Let's start fighting the real battle...the devil.  He is coming after our souls but only to destroy it...let's surrender our souls to our Hero, our Savior, our Jesus.  Amen?  Amen!