Preparing for battle

I took my grandson, Elijah, to an air show on Saturday this past weekend, he was mostly interested in the inflatable play area. I got this shot of him preparing to do battle with another young man on the jousting contest, inflatable.

When we grow up our battles are not over. If you are a regular reader of the Pilgrim’s Chronicles you know what this blog is all about, but just in case you just dropped in, let me explain. The process of committing your life to Christ and then walking in fellowship with Him is not a make believe world. In the real world there is a God, He’s real, and He is the ultimate Good. Unfortunately there is also evil. The enemy, Satan, is very real. While God’s desire for your life is for you to live it abundantly, the enemy’s goal is your destruction. Now the ultimate battle of good and evil was fought and decided long ago. The final outcome is decided. When Christ gave up His life to die on the cross, He defeated the enemy.

If you believe and have committed your life to Christ, then your eternal destiny is not in question, however you must still live in this world and it is still influenced by that same enemy. Even if you belong to Christ, the enemy can try to defeat you here and now, while you’re still living in this world. Our mission is to deny the enemy any foothold in our lives.

While you can be tempted and may even fall and stumble, the enemy cannot defeat you. The enemy is called the great deceiver, and honesty is not in him. He will lie to you and fill you with fear, and suspicion for others. You must resist those efforts and hold fast to your faith.

One of the enemy’s greatest deceptions is to convince world that he does not even exist. What a masterful plan. Why would you pay any attention to an enemy that is not even there. If you fall into that trap, he already has a foothold in your life. Can you really look at the world we live in and see all the terrible things we have done to one another and doubt the existence of evil? You can make up any excuse you want for the fall of man, but when you boil it all down, it was explained to us long ago by a man named Jesus.

Get to know Him and you will have victory over this world. Are you ready to do battle?

the pilgrim