2 Corinthians 10:4 KJV
[4] (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;
It takes the personal knowledge and experience of God to be able to understand the dimensions of the fight that we have been called to fight. We call Jesus the Prince of Peace and one might think that He does not like warfare. Well, He is also called the Man of War, which shows that He also thrives in situations that may lead to fighting against enemies. This is the balance in the knowledge and experience of God that I must have: He is the epitome of peace, as the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world, and he is also the epitome of warfare and the personification of victory as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. All who find themselves in Him are enabled and empowered to take all of Him and live out all of Him. As much as we follow a God of peace, there will be territories that would only be taken by 'war'; not the way the world sees war, but the way God wants us to fight in and for Him, so we can walk in daily victory.
The world has its methods and means, as well as its motives for wars. The weapons it has have ranges of impact, with some able to kill a few hundreds or thousands, and some able to destroy millions as well as decimate the environment. That is all the world can do, because it is its understanding of how it can get an edge. It can only fight that which it is able to see or recognise. The One who knows God fights with different weapons and from a different perspective. In the spiritual realm, the weapons of the world have no impact at all. In the spiritual realm, bullets and guns do not even work. Starting with Jesus when He was tempted by the devil, no amount of physical weapons could have helped Him at the time, except that which the world and the devil cannot defeat, which is the Word of God. That is what Jesus applied, and till today, we enjoy the benefits and blessings of that victory. Only in Him is anyone able to defeat the devil.
The devil has been in the business of war since he also fell from heaven, so he is skilled in it. The ways and means of the world cannot defeat Him, because he controls them. It is in God that anything and anyone can be used to secure victory over the world and its cohorts. I cannot rely on human schemes, such as intellect, influence, connections, wealth and earnings to wage this war; the enemy here is not the kind that you can use grammar or diction to fight. Only in and by God can anything become a weapon to secure victory. In the hands of Moses, a rod became the channel for a miracle, because it was powered by God. By the lips of Elijah, heaven was sealed and rain did not fall, until the same man spoke again. Joshua caused the sun to delay going down by a whole day, simply because he was backed up by God. It does not matter how long the issue has lasted; let God work and see Him war. The victory will be sweet and lasting. Please note that you have to be IN Him, to be able to enjoy who He is and what He can do. You cannot claim that which is not yours by citizenship. God's time of favour is here.
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