On Spiritual Warfare

I fully believe the more you pursue God, the more Satan's minions will attack you. They might be attacking you right now, telling you that you have better things to do with your time than to read this...

I've been thinking a lot about spiritual warfare these days. In The Bondage Breaker, I read this quote: "It is not a sin to be under [spiritual] attack. You may be doing something right. In fact, if you are not experiencing some spiritual opposition to your ministry, there is good chance that Satan doesn't see you as a threat to his plans."

Think about your own life, do you feel attacked on a regular basis?

Satan doesn't want you getting in the way. Are your actions threatening to him and his cause?

I came home from Africa sick, and since doctors could not find out what was wrong, I started to assume the worst. I decided to step up my game because God could be calling me home very soon. Also, I feel I have been attacked spiritually more frequently than ever. I may suddenly have a hard time focusing on scripture. Lies will start popping into my head. I have awoke in the night overcome with anxiety and panic. Very often I became depressed for no reason.

But, at the same time, God kept leading me to Ephesians 6- the Armor of God. It was as if God was equipping me for battle. There I was, sitting on a couch about to start reading the Bible when a fly suddenly started buzzing around and interrupting my silence. I turned to see where it was but I could not find it. It sounded like a big old fly and it kept bumping into something. Every ten seconds it would start buzzing again. When it started again I would stop reading to look for it but I never could find it. Minutes of this went by I and started to wonder if it was all in my head. I started to wonder if I was crazy until I realized what was happening. I was being distracted from reading the Bible. There was a plan behind this. Satan was using a measly fly to defeat me! All he had to do was buzz loudly and keep hidden so that I remained distracted.

Besides the fly, it was such a calm evening and everything was pleasant. However, bullets were whizzing by my head and I didn't even know it. I was on the battlefield being attacked and God threw me a weapon. God threw me Ephesians 6. If you are a solider out on a battlefield, you better be familiar with your weapon, right? In the same way, you better start getting very familiar with God's word.

Why?

God's word is the only offensive weapon listed in the Armor of God. That means God's word  is the only thing we have to fight back against spiritual attacks.

Preach the word! Be ready in and out of season. (2 Tim.  4)