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Today The War Wages On!

Walk with Jesus

You turn on the news, read the paper or even browse the internet and in the headlines your hearing of the wars that are taking place and you also hear of all the rumors of war. Nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And who can forget hearing about all the famines and earthquakes happening in various places. These are the daily headlines. Today, the war wages on! (wage means to carry on)

But today, today there is a different war waging on. It’s not a war against flesh and blood but a war against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places... this is the war waging on today! This is the war that you and I fight every day. This is the war that pulls on our hearts and bombards our minds with misguidance, temptation, lies and tries destroying us continuously. If I’m being honest, I get tired, fatigued, worn out, troubled, and also sinfully fall into despair sometimes. This is the real war!

So…How do I continue waging this war today and is victory even possible?

We need not to look any further, for God’s Word has all the answers we need.

Proverbs 24:6 for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
and in abundance of counselors there is victory. (ESV)

By wise guidance you and me can wage (carry on) the war today and in abundance of counselors there is victory for you and me, today!

Run to God’s Word for wise guidance, for it will be, a lamp unto your feet, guiding you step by step and a light unto your path, leading you down the path to the everlasting destination. His Word will expose the lies, reveal the temptations, and thwart any misguidance.

Run to the One whose name is Wonderful Counselor and Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace… Jesus! Psalm 119:24 says, “Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.”

The One with wise guidance and console says to us, "take courage; I have overcome the world."

Our victory is Jesus! It is by Him, through Him, in Him, to Him, and because of Him, that we have the victory!

The war wages on today but the victory has already been gained for all eternity!

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:13-17

Ryan Whitson