BBD 07.29.21 The Right Weapons (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
29 July 2021
The Right Weapons
For
though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down
strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself
against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ. - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
During
Thailand’s four-day New Year Water Festival, water pistol use is a frequent
sight and experience. In the past, police officers have joined in the fun using
their own water pistols to fire back when attacked in fun. However, this year
such good-natured fun by the police has been banned by the National Police
Chief Sant Sarutanont. A police spokesperson explains, “To avoid pulling out the wrong gun, the police chief
told officers to let themselves be victims in one-sided water fights. They are
under strict orders not to return fire.”
How
terrible it would be for someone to be in an innocent water fight with a police
officer and for the officer, mistakenly, to draw and fire the wrong
weapon! It would be so very tragic! The apostle Paul explains to the
Corinthians that the weapons we fight with as Christians are not the weapons
used by the world. We too must be careful not to use the wrong weapons because
the results would be tragic spiritually.
As
children of God, we do not need to use the world’s plans and methods to fight
our battles. We have much more powerful weapons available to us than those of
the world. We have the “whole armor of
God (Ephesians 6:13a).” We have available
the spiritual weapons of prayer, truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, the
shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is
the Word of God (Ephesians 6:14-18). Against such weapons, the “strongholds” of the world cannot stand.
As
Christians, we are living in the world, but we are not of the world, and we
must not fight spiritual battles with the wrong weapons because we will be
defeated. Let us not use the water pistols of the world when we have available
to us the heavy artillery of God. Because as Paul says, “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
have done all, to stand (Ephesians 6:12-13).”
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