Ephesians 6:12, New International Version

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

A lesson that each Christian must learn is that the true battle that we are engaged in, “the fight” that the Bible talks about taking place, is not one that we can see. When we think about warfare, we think about the images of warfare which occur in the world. We tend to think about the situations that are going on around us, whether they be illness, money issues, family or relationship issues, work issues, or anything else, as something that we must do something about in order to be solved. For instance, if an individual is experiencing attacks within their marriage, they may begin to look at a variety of changes they can make in their relationship or begin to look at things they can do to try to make the situation better. However, very few people will engage in the true fundamental battle that is taking place. There is a struggle in the spiritual realm in which the enemy, the devil, is seeking to destroy the things that God has created. This includes you and me– and the purpose that He has created us each with.

As Christian warriors, we must begin to see the true root of the problem, a spiritual problem and we must begin to learn to engage in this battle accordingly. But how does the Christian warrior begin to fight this battle? What has the Lord told us to do when we find ourselves on the spiritual battlefield? The Bible gives us much instruction on how to engage in this fight, but four points the Lord has led to be a part of this training are in the following four sections.

We as Christians must come to grasp that when we refer to fighting, we can never begin to believe that we are the ones doing the fighting. A true Christians warrior is an individual who recognizes that within themselves they are capable of doing nothing. They understand that there is no weapon that they possess that can be effective in the battle they are in. Instead, they will recognize that it is only the Lord who can fight the battle. Because of this understanding and this truth, instead of standing up to fight, they will humble themselves in prayer. Instead of taking matters into their own hands, they will, by faith, relinquish complete and total control over to the hands of the Lord. As mentioned in the verse above, we must allow our lives to be poured out as a drink offering. The liquid in the container has no ability to control what is happening nor can it even try to take control. It is poured out at the will of the cupbearer. The Christian warrior recognizes the cupbearer is Christ and allows Christ to rule in every aspect of their lives. When a Christian submits this level of authority to the Lord, all authority within their lives, they are a warrior for Christ. There is no power, no plan, no scheme, or activity of the enemy can stop what God sends them to do.