Stand in Christ

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete. You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-7

Dr. A.W. Tozer stressed the need for the proper perspective on spiritual warfare in his book, Born After Midnight:

“The scriptural way to see things is to set the Lord always before us, put Christ in the center of our vision, and if Satan is lurking around, he will appear on the margin and only be seen as but a shadow on the edge of the brightness. It is always wrong to reverse this - to set Satan in the focus of our vision and push God out to the margin. Nothing but tragedy can come of such inversion.

The best way to keep the enemy out is to keep Christ in. The sheep need not be terrified by the wolf; they have but to stay close to the shepherd. It is not the praying sheep Satan fears, but the presence of the shepherd. The instructed Christian whose faculties have been developed by the Word and the Spirit will not fear the devil. When necessary he will stand against the powers of darkness and overcome them by the blood of the Lamb and the word of his testimony.”

Fill your heart and mind with the power and awe of the God who has the keys to life and death. Fear God and you need never be terrified again by the roar of the devilish lion, for the Lion of Judah is with you.

“The great emphasis of the Word of God is upon the accomplished victory which is ours to claim.” -Mark Bubeck