10/21/2025
Thought for the day!
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood"
Our enemies are not people. We must see beyond people. Satan may use people to persecute us, lie to us, cheat us, hurt us, or even kill us, but our real enemy lurks in the shadows of the unseen world, moving people as pawns on the chessboard of time.
As long as we see people as enemies and wrestle against them, we will use our strength in vain. Yes, we see wicked people, hear the evil things they say, and feel the hurts they inflict on us. People are involved, but they are not the real problem.
We are not just in an ordinary battle. We are in a greater arena than the one we can see.
So, God commands us to put on the armor He has provided for us so that we can stand against the wiles of Satan.
Ephesians 6:11-13 AMP
11. Put on thefull armor of God (for His precepts are like the splendidarmor of a heavily - armed soldier), so that you may be able to (successfully) stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
12. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents), but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this (present) darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.
13. Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to (successfully) resist and stand your ground in the evil day (of danger), and having done everything ( that the crisis demands), to stand firm ( in your place, fully prepared, immovable, and victorious).