Thursday March 20th, 2025
« The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people’s defenses, that is, their arguments »
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
I was reading my letters one day when I noticed two whose writers had the same surname – the first was from a woman asking me to pray that God would kill her mother-in-law because she was a witch. The second was from the mother-in-law, asking me to pray that God would kill her daughter-in-law because she was a witch.
Of course I disregarded both prayer requests as the Bible says that we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood.
While that fellow may be a tool in the hand of the devil to fight you, you are not to fight him or her.
You are to go on your knees and fight the forces of darkness behind the person.
There are three types of hosts.
- There is the angelic or heavenly host which comprises the angels of God as we see in Luke 2:13 .
- There is the demonic host – soldiers of Satan, with their officers (principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world as detailed in Ephesians 6:12 .
- Finally, we have the human host – the armies of the world The army, navy, air force, paramilitary and the likes are also called hosts.
For example, in 1 Samuel 14:19 , the Bible talks about the host of the Philistines.
There is constant conflict between these hosts.
In Daniel 10:4-14 for example, the demonic prince in charge of Persia blocked the angel that was to bring the answer to Daniel’s prayer for 21 days until God sent Angel Michael to assist him.
While we cannot see demons with our physical eyes, they can see us.
How do you fight an enemy you cannot see?
You need the help of an ally who can see your enemy and help you gain victory.
A major reason many people fall prey to the devil and his agents is that they try to fight spiritual battles with physical weapons.
2 Corinthians 10:4 says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
If you want to win over the forces of darkness, you need to employ spiritual weapons – worship 2 Chronicles 20:22, prayers Ephesians 6:18, the word of God Ephesians 6:17, love Romans 12:20 , and above them all, holiness, Proverbs 16:7.
Application- Stop fighting people; fight the forces of darkness instead.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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