Wake Up!

As God’s children, we are involved in a war whether we like it or not, whether we choose to admit it or recognize it.  The only way to understand the battle is to go to the Word of God and see what our Father has to say.  What He says may not be the popular opinion of the moment, but it is still the truth.

 

     Ephesians 6:11-12

         Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

Some folks look at bad situations and ask, “Why do these things happen?” 

Some folks say evil in the world is caused by poverty, or lack of education, or other inequalities in the world. Some say, “Well, it is just a difference of personalities.”

 

We learned that all evil can ultimately be laid at the feet of the prince of the power of the air, the Devil. The Devil is the god of this world, and until he is put out of business we have to deal with his shenanigans.

 

God’s Word is a handbook on how to live in this present evil world victoriously through Jesus Christ. We cannot stop all evil from coming our way, but we can determine how we will handle it in our minds. 

 

The Apostle Paul had some tremendously evil things happen to him in his life as he endeavored to move God’s Word.  When evil came his way, he did as many believers have done in the past; he called upon The Almighty for help. 

 

     2 Corinthians 1:8-10

     For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:  But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:  Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

 

Paul wrote by revelation in the book of Romans that we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  In every situation, we can call upon God our Father for help, and then we can see His grace at work in our lives. 

 

We may be cast down at times, but we are never destroyed because God has given us the victory through Christ Jesus our Lord.  We may not know the details of each battle that we have yet to fight; but having read the end of the book, we know that the cause of all evil dies to live no more, and we live to never die.  So put on your armour, wake up and fight!

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Till the devil, death and hell are cast into the lake of fire,

The Circuit Rider