Spiritual warfare 101 Pt. 6

Spiritual ignorance has placed many of us in positions that we would prefer not to be in. It has been my experience that folks would much rather hold on to a tradition that has consistently not worked for them than to follow the principles laid out in scripture by God that will ultimately change their unfavorable circumstances.

Spiritual warfare is just that "SPIRITUAL WARFARE," which ultimately suggests that you're in a war, and just like any war, one must be attired for that war. Unfortunately, Spiritual warfare is an invisible war, which means we do not have the advantage of seeing our opponents. Therefore, we must engage according to the scriptures if we're to make any significant difference. Unfortunately, most Christians wage spiritual warfare with their emotions, feelings, or whatever relates to their five senses. Even though the scriptures clearly said that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal or material, they are mighty through God.

We are commanded by scripture that before engaging in spiritual warfare, we must "Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil" Ephesians 6:11. To amplify the importance of this, the apostle Paul repeats this same command in Ephesians 6:13, "Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."

Isn't it interesting that the apostle Paul makes these statements to Believers of Jesus Christ and not sinners? In fact, he was addressing the church of Ephesus. I am pointing this out simply because it dispels the erroneous mindset that being a Christian or believer of Jesus Christ automatically protects us from evil or makes the devil leaves us alone.

In fact, during this invisible war that we refer to as spiritual warfare, the absence of our spiritual armor will give the Enemy the upper hand over us and eventually destroy us. Therefore spiritual warfare dictates that we must put on the entire armor of God if it is our desire to successfully stand against the wiles of the devil. I am sure your next question is, how do we get this armor on? We pray the armor of God on us before going to sleep at night and upon waking in the morning. Could it be that you were defeated and bombarded by the devil today or even yesterday simply because you were in warfare without your spiritual armor?

In fact, because you did not see any physical projectiles coming at you, you thought you were in the clear. While totally ignoring that our fight as soldiers of Jesus Christ is spiritual and not physical. In this war, my friend, we must look past those material things and focus on the spirits operating behind the physical because this is where the actual battle is located.

Scripture clearly, reminds us of the following, "No man that warreth entangle himself with the affairs of this life (He's not focused on what is physical) that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier" 2 Timothy 2:4. Scripture further reminds us as it relates to this invisible war of the following, "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" 2 Corinthians 4:18.

Please, cover yourself and your loved ones with the only outfit capable of protecting you from the invisible opponents that are relentless in destroying you.

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
kevinlaewing.blogspot.com