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Ever wonder what a Christian battle looks like? Can you picture guns blazing, destructive explosions, screaming and yelling, and yadda yadda yadda? Okay, good. Good job. -Nothing wrong with your imagination equipment. But what I just described is nothing like what a Christian battle looks like. I checked. Also, I think I should mention, the kind of battling I’m talking about takes place in our minds.
Let me take this moment to turn a spotlight onto something for you right quick. The weapons used in a Christian battle don’t explode or make bullet holes in a target. And Karate, or Kung fu, or any kind of hand to hand physical combat wouldn’t work in a Christian battle either.
To start with, Christians fight against enemies that do not bleed. So physical weapons would really be useless if and when a Christian ever got in a battle with one. Let’s take it to the chalk board for a minute, and take a look at some of the enemies a Christian has to battle against.
-Pause- Can I just say it, for anybody who is out there thinking, “now just hold on a legal minute Mr. Blogger. What was that part about Christians fighting against enemies that do not bleed?” Yup. Let me list a few for you, and tell me what you think.
There’s depression, prejudice, temptation, greed, envy, fear, doubt, low self esteem, and so on. Now I ask you. Do any of these turkeys bleed? I’m just saying. Christians battle things that no bullet is powerful enough to destroy.
Let’s get back to what a Christian battle looks like.
The scene opens with a neighbor breaking out a Christian’s car windshield because the Christian wouldn’t sign a hate petition.
The Christian’s anger rises about as fast as his blood pressure, which immediately triggers him to come under attack. The attack is the temptation to hate his neighbor. But the Christian thinks about his spiritual loyalty to obey and please God by forgiving his neighbor and trying to make peace. Part of the Christian wants to do just that. But the human side of the Christian is tempted to let himself have the satisfaction of hating the person who caused the unnecessary damage to his car. The temptation to hate and get revenge is an enemy to a Christian. So what weapon should a Christian use to destroy the temptation to hate and get revenge? “Would this make a great question to put on the Jeopardy game show or what?” The answer is: What is a great idea?
Oh. Concerning using a man made weapon to handle a Christian enemy; I personally guarantee that if you pull out a Smith and Wesson product, point it at fear, and squeeze the trigger, you are going to have a bullet-missing-its-target kind of a problem.
Christians come under attack everyday by enemies that are constantly trying to get a Christian to put God into second place priority status in their minds. Depression does that very well. What is its agenda? From what I’ve seen, it’s to destroy a person’s will to live, and cause them to lose their hope of ever getting rescued. Battling depression calls for the battle being shared by a group of God’s believers, who will constantly pray for the person under attack, and spend time with them, daily encouraging them back to mental good health. -So that they can find God again, or for the first time, and get themselves into the battle.
Hey, did I forget to mention?? Christian enemies are the enemies of all people. My bad. I should have led with that fact.
Oh. You know what? I’ll bet somebody thought I forgot to type up an answer about what type of weapon can a Christian use to destroy the temptation to hate or take revenge. Would you believe… …A sword?
Now before you ask to see my psyche evaluation. Heavens to Betsy, I didn’t mean a metal sword. I meant God’s commandments and teachings that are in the bible. I’ll bet you still want to have a peek at my psyche evaluation, doncha? Well I don’t blame you. But check this out. God’s word, written in bible form, is referenced to be a sword. And here’s how this spiritual sword works.
A Christian gets a temptation to hate and take revenge. Trumpet the call to battle! Engarde (on your guard) temptation! The Ready Christian, who has studied and been taught from the bible what to do, goes into battle quoting to him or herself to obey God’s commandment to love, and not to hate people. And to also quote that they should try to make peace with people. And to also quote that they should let God handle the taking of revenge, no matter what.
By choosing to obey what God tells us to do, God gives a person the power to win the battle against our inhuman enemies. The strength to pick up this kind of sword, and to use it in battle, comes through the power of God’s grace through our faith, when we choose Jesus’s leadership and sacrifice for us as our first priority. Hanging around believing, practicing, Christians, and praying, helps a lot in battle too!
One more thing before I go. We have to battle all of our bloodless enemies or we suffer costly defeats. Addiction, divorce, jail time, shame, and stuff like that. Our bloodless enemies know our weaknesses very well. They mean to attach themselves into our minds so that they can ruin our lives. And the only way we can win our battles against these bloodless enemies is if we Battle Right.
Thinking about your stopping by for a read gives me a cause to smile. May God grant you way more smiles than me.