Ephesians 6:12 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.

My last post ended with the question, where are the warriors? Distracted. Misinformed. Struggling. All of these are possibilities and as a prayer warrior I know I have been all of those and more.

It was only a few years ago, maybe less I read this verse and realized I’d been fighting too many flesh battles instead of spiritual battles. I was more focused on how people were wronging me, how they were living their lives in sin, how I could fix them and worst of all I was allowing myself to be offended by nearly everything. When the Holy Spirit finally revealed the truth of Ephesians 6:12 to me I changed my way of fighting.

I no longer focused on how anyone was doing me wrong. I focused on their needs, on what was hurting them in their own life. Not so I could gossip or be nosy, but so I could pray. Once I realized my battle was against the devil’s minions, I began fighting as God would have me fight.

Anyone we have a problem with deserves our forgiveness. Our battle is not against flesh and blood. Therefore, whatever hurt or injustice they acted against us, does not matter. Not when it comes to saving souls, to battling for Christ. It is much easier to write these things down then to enact them. I have had many instances where forgiving someone was harder than taking a kick to the shin or even a punch to the face.

When I come to that place where I can’t seem to let go of the wrongs against me, I pray this prayer. Bless them (whomever hurt me), change me.  I am the one with a problem if I can’t do as God asks me to, by forgiving and loving the person wronging me.

The warriors are rising every day and the devil knows it. There is nothing more frightening to him than a man or woman dedicating themselves to prayer. More and more prayer warriors are grasping this verse in Eph 6:12 and living it. As we rise to fight the enemy and his minions, he backs away throwing every weapon he has at us. We must stay focused. We must pray.

Belinda
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