READ: JOHN
1:1-13
The world
is a battle field. We are constantly engaged in warfare against the powers of
darkness. Whenever we pull in one direction, opposing forces try to pull in
another direction. They have vowed to give us a though fight because we are the
only ones giving them sleepless nights. However, the Bible has made us to know
that we are not wrestling against flesh and blood but against supernatural
powers. You may ask: what are the reasons for our wrestling. Why are we
wrestling with agents of government and religious forces? The answer is clear:
We are of God, His children, and have overcome them: because “He
who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” Because we
belong to the army of the Lord, it means that, by implication, we are the
light. The forces we are fighting are the forces of darkness. In 1 John 1:5, it
is written: “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you,
that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” It is axiomatic
that light and darkness cannot be friends. There is no way that I can be a
friend of a witch, just in the same way I can hardly be a friend of an
unrepentant armed robber. The fact that we daily labour to establish the
Kingdom of God makes us the only ones seriously praying, according to Matthew
6:9-10: “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your
name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
The fact that we are striving to install the Kingdom of God in earth means we
are plotting to demolish the kingdom of the devil. Those of us who belong in
God’s camp constitute a terror to the enemy because we are systematically
destroying the kingdom of darkness. Mind you, the powers of darkness will not
give up. They usually fight on, even when they suffer one defeat after another.
MEMORIZE:
1 PETER 4:4 –In regard to these, they think it strange that you o not run with
them i the flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
