“IDENTIFYING THE ENEMY!”

 Ephesians 6:12                    (ESV)

“For WE DO NOT wrestle against flesh and blood, but AGAINST the rulers, AGAINST the authorities, AGAINST the cosmic powers over this present darkness, AGAINST the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”

“IDENTIFYING THE ENEMY” could be the most effective way to bring about the VICTORY over him and his deception.  “This world” operates at such a high speed that it is difficult to SLOW DOWN, to BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD!  WE DO NOT TAKE THE TIME to listen to GOD for guidance and direction, to be ASSURED that we are walking in the path that GOD has for us!

In the ONE VERSE of Scripture above there are FOUR TIMES that AGAINST is used by the Apostle Paul.  “The enemy” is described in 2 Corinthians 11:14 as “No wonder, for even Satan DISGUISES himself as an angel of light.”!!  He is so vile and cunning that he will make us think that we are following JESUS CHRIST when in fact we are bogged down in “the enemy’s” deceptive works!  

From personal experience, GOD IS ABLE to SLOW US DOWN if HE cannot get our attention any other way!!  Psalm 37:7 (ESV) PLAINLY says “BE STILL BEFORE THE LORD and WAIT PATIENTLY for HIM; FRET NOT YOURSELF over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!”

Remembering where I “have been” is something that I am FINALLY understanding at 65 years of age!!  “IDENTIFYING THE ENEMY” is paramount to understanding that we SHOULD NOT do what “the enemy” is suggesting that we do. We need to become EXTREMELY adept at “IDENTIFYING THE ENEMY” because he is MASTER DECEIVER!!!