Who's Winning?

Ephesians 6:12 "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"

Everyday is a new challenge and every new challenge is a new battle. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly we find ourselves in battles; some big and some small. The individual battles we face are part of a much bigger war in which two people (God and Satan) are fighting for your soul! Well, you may say "Why are they fighting about me, little ole me?" I have an answer for that!

What I've learned throughout my twenty *coughs* years of life is that when two people fight it's because one possesses something the other wants,  one knows something the other wants to know, or one is trying to prevent the other from doing something or getting something. God has an amazing plan for your life, the devil knows the reward you will get if you submit to the will of God and he doesn't want you to have what he can't have. Battles are ongoing, there is always someone fighting for something physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Don't let the battles distract you, stay focused on the reward even if you don't know exactly what it is.

So, who's winning this war? Yes, ultimately God has already won; however, I'm asking you more personally who's winning your soul? Are your battles fighting against the devil or against God? You have to pick a side. Matthew 12:30 says "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad". Please be aware that if you are not for God you are against Him lost, scattered abroad, and all alone. Once the devil has won you over from God he has nothing else for you, there is no reward for your labor. He has literally used you and thrown you away to wander about lost and filled with regret (thankfully you don't have to stay there, but that's a totally different post).

So, if you're going to fight in this war, on God's side, you must be prepared for battle. Ephesians 6 tells you how to do so beginning in verse 10. It says "be strong in the Lord" ha! First things first, you can't fight in this battle with your own strength, you'll lose every time. The devil is stronger than you, but He isn't stronger than the Lord. Listen to God's direction and follow His instructions! Here He has told us everything we need for battle. Here's the catch it's nothing that you can go purchase, but more so it's something that the devil nor anyone he uses to come against you can't take from you. God gives you these things when you seek Him (Matthew 6:33).

Don't settle for the losing team because it APPEARS they are winning. Your reward can not be redeemed here on earth it's waiting for you in a heavenly place that your opponents will never see!