If You're Not My Enemy Then Who's!

Do you know why so many believers are losing the battles in their lives? It’s because they’re fighting the wrong enemy! They’ve been deceived to believe that just because a person said or did something to hurt or offend them; that person is the one they need to fight. But they’re wrong!

You see, the Bible says that we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood; and since people are definitely flesh and blood, they’re never the source of our problem. So, if you waste your time fighting flesh and blood, your “real enemy” will get away scot-free. So, stop the divisive rhetoric!

Who is that real enemy? You’ll find the answer in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Satan and his demons are our lifelong enemies! They’re behind every personal and national outrage we encounter. They’re hell-bent to kill, steal and destroy! The people who hurt you and persecute you are only Satan’s tools, and sadly, many believers have joined forces with the devil to carry out his bidding. When he wants to strike out at you, he uses them to get the job done.

But it doesn’t have to be that way; we can fight back with prayer for ourselves, our family, and our nation. You may be thinking, “Can a few people like us actually change a whole nation?” Let me ask you this, “Can one demonic person change a nation for the worse? Absolutely, Hitler did it and plunged Germany into a world war, didn’t he?

If the devil’s power resting on one man can change a nation for the worse, you can be sure that a group of men and women with God’s power resting on them can change a nation for the better. No nation is so far gone that God can’t change it. Israel proved that. Why, even when it didn’t exist, the devil couldn’t destroy it; God raised it back up before his very eyes.

I want you to notice something in this passage of scripture taken from 2 Chronicles 7:14; it says, “If MY people, which are called by MY name …” God didn’t say it would take everybody in the nation to get things turned around, He said, “If MY people…” So, if you’re God’s child, then it includes you!

Notice also that He didn’t say, “If my people will get out there demonstrate and sign petitions and drum up a majority vote…” He said, we should “Pray.” In other words we’re going to have to quit trying to work this thing out by ourselves. God Himself will do the healing in our lives and this land.

Our job therefore, is to “Humble ourselves and Pray,” to believe and to seek God’s intervention, because the problem is a spiritual one; the solution is not in a man, a group or an institution. Only God can bring the healing that we so desperately need!

When you get into the word of God and start activating God’s promises, using it like the sword of the Spirit, the enemy gets scared. So, when someone hurts you, don’t become sidetracked into fighting them; bind the spirit, put flesh and blood battles behind you, and war with the weapons of the Spirit of God. Zero in on Satan, with the authority given to you from God’s word, and bring your real enemy down.

Using the Scriptures to expose Satan’s lies and temptations is the most effective way to strive against and defeat them. “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). It is important to read the whole verse! Resisting the devil must be accompanied by submitting to God. A disobedient or unsubmissive believer will not see victory.

Remember this, Persecution is not the manifestation of another person’s hate for you; but rather it’s a manifestation of Satan’s fear of what you can do! Therefore, stand up and fight the good fight of faith, putting on the whole armor of God that you’ll be able to stand in this evil age. Seek God today and pray; prayer changes things!