BBD 03.22.16 Let Us Fight! (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1699th
Burning Bush Devotional
21 March 2016
Let Us Fight!
Finally, my brethren, be strong in
the Lord and in the power of His might. Put
on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places. Therefore take up the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand. – Ephesians 6:10-13 NKJV.
The weapons we fight with are not
the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish
strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ. – 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV.
By now
you have heard about the latest horrific terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.
More than 30 dead and 100 or more injured. There seems to be no end to the
amount of misery that some humans want to inflict on other humans. This is not
something that we want to think about; but we cannot, and must not ignore this
threat to our peaceful existence.
We should
be aware that terror is the physical manifestation of a spiritual war. Not only
is there a war here on earth being fought, but there is also a spiritual war
being waged. We may not be able to fight hand to hand with our terror enemies
here on earth. However, we can and must engage our enemies on a spiritual
basis. This is a war between all that is good and all that is evil and we
cannot remain neutral. We can put our hands up in surrender and our enemy will
still kill us.
We need
not fight this war with worldly weapons when we have mighty spiritual weapons
available. We have weapons with “divine power to demolish strongholds.” This is a
war where most of us will not be on an earthly battlefield, but must fight this
war on our knees “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the
saints (Ephesians 6:18).”
“Stand therefore, having girded
your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel
of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith
with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:14-17 NKJV).”
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