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. (Ephesians 6:12)
Billy Graham tells a story of a boxer
who was engaged in a boxing match and was being
badly beaten. Battered and bruised,he leaned over the ropes and
said to his trainer, “Please throw in the towel! This guy is killing me!” The trainer
said, “Oh, no, he’s not. He’s not even hitting you. He hasn’t laid a glove on you!" And the boxer looked at him
through swollen eyes and said, "Well then, I wish you’d watch that
referee – somebody is sure hitting me!”
The danger in Spiritual Warfare is not
when you are being beat up. You know you’re in a
battle when you’re battered. You may not know exactly who or
where the blows are coming from; but you know you’re in a
fight.
No, the danger in Spiritual Warfare is
when the devil is leaving you alone; when you
are not having struggles, when temptations are few. It’s then, when life seems to be going good, that the devil has you right
where he wants you. Either you are spiritually dull and not
aware of what the Devil is doing, or you are being set up for a big fall.
Just ask David about it. After years of
running from Saul and struggling to form a new
nation, it was when things seemed to be really good that David saw
another man’s wife bathing on the roof. In a matter of days, the
devil had David just were he wanted him,knee deep in sin and sliding
down quickly.
Never take off your armor. Never let down your guard. We’re in a war that will last a
lifetime.
– Author Unknown
as seen in Cup O’ Cheer