Today we begin worship with:
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
This is not simply the daily grind. This is not the missed bus or the rude person in line at the store. This is not the toast landing buttered side down.
This is a battle into which we must walk prepared. This is leaving the safety of the rear guard, being rotated forward to the contact line, and engaging the enemy. This is war.
That said, we are not on the offensive. The surrounding verses, our instructions on how we are to prepare, say we are holding ground already taken.
Ephesians 6:11,13
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
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Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
What ground? Our own soul.
That said, it is not a fair fight. It is ground, that He will not lose.
John 6:39
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
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