Reality is….

…we are in a war. And not America and the war with Iraq or the war on terror. I am saying that those of us who are children of God are fighting in a war today. This might seem surprising, because if soldiers on earth who are fighting in war right now, acted the way we act in the middle of a battle zone, they would be dead by lunch time. Here is what I am trying to say…

Throughout the new testament you see that the early church constantly had a wartime mentality. They saw that they were in a very real war with a very real enemy, and they had to fight. Now I know in practical (don’t believe it if you can’t see it) America, it seems crazy to talk about a spiritual war going on with demons and an enemy we can’t see. Only crazy people really believe that right? Well if we truly believe that God is real and the Bible is true (it is!), then this spiritual war is a greater reality than any war that has ever physically been fought.

So here is the problem. We try to act like there is no war going on. There is no spiritual attack and no enemy against us. We are just practical christians right? Imagine a soldier acting like that in the warzone right now. Just acting like there is no battle, they have no weapons or armor and are surrounded by the enemy. They would swiftly be overcome and defeated. When we walk around without arming ourselves with the Word, without any armor — we are quickly and easily overcome and defeated. It happens all the time, everyday. Christians overcome by the world. You see huge moral breakdowns and failures. We are not fighting.

We must fight. We are in a war. We must ascribe glory to God. We must be saturated with his word if we are to endure. If you chose to act like there is no enemy that is fine with him, it will be a one sided battle and you will lose.