"Digging In"

"Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil." (Psalms 68:12) I almost did another "Publish It" for the last verse, but I thought I would save it for down the road. Between the lines in my Bible I have written, The enemy flees at the promises of God! It's true, the enemy does flee at the promises of God; he is no match for God, and he knows it; we just need to let him know that we know it also! We really need to get serious about what is happening here, and it's going to mean that we start getting on our knees before God. That's really not going to change the direction that this world is going, but it sure will change the direction of the war. We are not at war with our neighbors or our families; we are not even at war with the gay pride people or the pro-choice defenders; we are at war with the god of this fallen world, the one who wants to take as many people as he can into hell with him. The way I see it, the devil has already lost the real war, which was the victory that Jesus completed when He died for our sins and rose from the dead; but he still thinks that he is entitled to this earth and all those that live upon it. Although he might be powerful, he lacks the power to take on God, which includes Christ Jesus and all those that are in Christ! So the question becomes one of who will flee from who? Do we flee from the devil, or does he flee from us? I believe that we need to flee from sin; if we are tempted, and we find it hard to resist whatever we are tempted in, then we need to get away from what ever it is that is causing us to sin or be tempted. But when it comes to the devil and his craftiness, we need to stand and fight. Don't let the enemy take anything from you; not your home, not your family, not your church, and surely not your joy! Besides, all of those things belong to the Lord, even our joy! Our joy is not from us, it is from the Lord! So the devil can't have it, because it is not ours to give away; our joy belongs to the Redeemer of our souls, the Bright and Morning Star that outshines all others. You do know that the devil is also referred to as "the bright morning star", but his is a temporary light; unlike the Light which was, is and always will be, he was created. I hope that helps to put things in perspective, because when it comes to our warfare, we need to understand which side has the upper hand... "We are human, but we don't wage war as humans do. We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient." (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) NLT