What is Spiritual Warfare? - Part 1
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf [Ephesians 6:18-19].
Imagine being a fly on the wall in the locker room of your favorite football team. It is game day. The atmosphere is electric. All of your favorite players are there, and some not so favorites too. The head coach and all his assistants are present as well.
There is the quarterback, fitting himself with his various pieces of football paraphernalia. You see him pulling the shoulder pads over his head, and then the drawstrings are tightened to fix it securely in place. The wide receivers are in the same proximity, donning their pieces of equipment too…and the running backs and tight ends.
Oh, let us not leave out of the equation those big uglies of the offensive line. On the field those five starters and their backups function as a single entity, so it is not surprising to see them hanging together off the field and doing the same.
The center chats with his quarterback, and then turns to his mates who make up the line to relay the quarterback’s thoughts to them. The two tackles and two guards nod their heads in agreement and go back to fraternizing about what they’re going to have for supper after the game.
The left guard and left tackle assist each other in getting their pieces of equipment adjusted and fastened securely. The right guard and tackle do likewise. The center aids the quarterback as he gets his equipment on, and the quarterback reciprocates with the center.
The defense is assembled on the other end of the locker room doing the same ritual. And the special teams aces mirror the same scenario. Finally everyone is dressed and properly equipped in their football paraphernalia.
Now it is time for the head coach to take over and do his thing. He congratulates the team for their fine performance on that game day. He considers them to have won the game hands down, no competition. They are the man! To them go the spoils of war. He instructs the team, “Go home and take the wives out to celebrate. You guys earned it.” And then he dismisses them with his blessings.
Remember, you are a fly on the wall…and about that time you fall off the wall! You are beside yourself with befuddlement.
What is wrong with the head coach? And why don’t his assistants take his spiked coffee away from him? He’s had enough! For that matter, why don’t the players laugh at his antics? Go home? You guys won the game hands down? Whatever is the problem with the coach’s brain today?
Then you get trampled on by all the players and coaches, as they make their way out the locker room door to go home. Serves you right for being a fly on the wall! Nobody likes flies.
Think this scenario is a bit wacky? Well, we’ll see even wackier things in our next study. Don’t miss it! And don’t miss time with Jesus now either.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Numbers: Volume 4 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please click on the "Shop" tab at the top of this page, where you will find a complete list of my books. Each book is available in both paperback (Createspace) and eBook (Kindle).
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