All Out Assault

I am grieved today. For a number of reasons. As I watch and hear about the all out assault of Satan on this world and people it troubles me greatly. It troubles me even more when the assault comes against people I know and love personally. Such is the case today.

Spiritual warfare is real. It is a fight people. A war. A war of many battles. This kind of war can only be fought with spiritual weapons. It cannot be won by might or intellectual prowess. A spiritual war has to be fought in a spiritual way.

God has given us two weapons to fight back. The Word of God. Prayer. I visit with people often who tell me these are two areas they struggle in. They do not know the Word of God. That is our sword. Jesus fought against Satan's temptation with these simple words, "It is written." He then went on to quote some scripture to combat Satan's assault. If Jesus had to battle that way how much more do we need to do the same. We must make reading, studying and memorizing scripture a high priority. Let social media go for awhile if it robs you of time in the scriptures.

Our church has been issued two challenges this year in regard to reading the Word of God. First, to read their Bibles five minutes a day everyday. Just five simple minutes could transform your perspective, hope, peace, and life. The second challenge is to read the Bible through in entirely this year or to at least make significant progress. God uses His word to transform our thinking. [Rom 12:2] He uses His word to train, to convict, exhort, and rebuke. [II Tim 3:16]

We all must become stronger in our prayer lives. In an all out assault you can't win victory by a little prayer here and a little prayer there. An all assault requires an all out retaliation in prayer. How often the intercessions of the people of God fall silent. How often the prayers of God's people are hushed. In these moments we have lost so much ground. Marriages crumble. Children stray and rebel. Laws violate God's law. The rule of the land ignores the Sovereign Ruler. The occult abounds. Darkness dwells where the light has been extinguished. Religious freedoms are lost.

Is the church to lay down and quit? Are the people of God to ignore the word of God because it is antiquated with our modern times and modern morality? NEVER! Should we neglect the prayer closet because we are busy when we are needed to take our watch now more than ever? May it NEVER be.

Children of God, take up your sword, which is the word of God and the powerful ramming ram of prayer and fight. FIGHT for your loved ones. Fight for your family and friends. Fight for your church. Fight for your community and country. Fight while you still can. [Eph 6:10-18]