A fight to the finish!

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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6: 12-13

The Christian life is a fight to finish. For we who call ourselves by the name of Jesus Christ it is a fight until the end of the race. The fight is a close mark fight, a wrestle, which means that the enemy is closer than we think. He is not hidden from us but in plain sight and the focus of his fight is not to cause us physical death, this in most cases come from our choices.

The whole idea is to make it impossible to move forward, to run our race of life. What the devil does is to pin us down one way or the other so much so that we give up hope. We begin to tell ourselves that we can never succeed in life. This leaves us a bit damaged one way or the other, we are always looking over our shoulders. Some people the devil will attack one’s finances, some it is their marriage, some it is their health, some it is their business and so many areas of our life. He would attack your business and bring about failure. What is his end game? He wants you to look at your life and believe you can never be successful in business. He wants you to deny God. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. Job 1:11

We must no longer be casual, simple, ordinary, predictable, pedantic about the way we live our life and fight to win our race, we must be able and ready to fight. Why? We are in a wrestling fight against 4 types of enemies – principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, spiritual wickedness in high place. One level is more deadly than the next.

We must empower ourselves in the 4 areas of fight. We must know exactly how to face the people that the enemy is using to fight us. We must face the spirit operating through persons working against our growth and not focus on the person. Once the spirit operating in them is defeated those people become a tool for us. The fight has 4 hierarchical levels. It becomes tougher with each level so we should be stronger with each fight.

We are to get back into spiritual activities that will lift us up, make us stronger, build us up and empower us to win and succeed in life.

What is the Christian’s weapon of Warfare?

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; . Acts of Apostle 2:41-44

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The life we live is in the heat of battle, we as Christians are in warfare. We all wrestle and battle for success in all areas of our life. Jacob told the Angel of God he would not let go until the Angel blessed him. The road to success is paved with sweat and hard work of the successful man. “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” 2 Corinthians 10:4. As Children of God we are to make sacrifices and ensure that our warfare is Christ-centered.

It is very important that we increase significantly our prayer life. Spending time with God daily does wonders for the life of the believer. God seeks that we spend time with him; it is through this that the Spirit of God in us is strengthened. We need more of the Holy Spirit in our lives and ministry to ensure that our life runs smoothly.

In battle, everyone matters and all lines of battle are run smoothly. We as believers should ensure that there is proper rule of law and each soldier irrespective of rank knew where they belonged. We must be willing to live in unity with one another. The example Christ gave us was that we focus at God as our common interest. We are Christians because we love God and was saved by Christ who died and rose and now sits on the right side of God the father.  “And all that believed were together, and had all things common.” Acts 2:44