It's All In The Strategy!

We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 

General George S. Patton was one of the most feared opponents faced by the Germans during World War II for a number of reasons.  First, he was never afraid to fight!  Second, look at his quotes above...the Army was a living organism to him, and he made sure his soldiers knew that HE was no better than THEY!  In fact, General George S. Patton stood on a box in the mud after the D-Day landing directing traffic!  Why? To keep the Army moving and keeping it from getting bogged down!

One of the reasons the Germans feared Patton so much is because Patton studied the history of war.  Patton understood his enemies better than they realized.  Patton adapted his tank strategies to defeat Erwin Rommel's plans because Patton had read Rommel's textbook on tank strategies and tactics!  It is in understanding the enemy's tactics and strategies that contain the information we can use to defeat that enemy.

Consider this:  Throughout Scripture, our enemy reveals his tactics and strategies.  Do we pay attention to them, develop defenses, and thereby defeat the enemy?  Or do we simply scan through the information believing (falsely) that this part of Scripture doesn't really apply since Jesus died to win the ultimate victory.  Yes, Jesus won the ULTIMATE victory.  How are your every day victories adding up?  Are you LIVING the life of a victor or existing in a world of confusion because the enemy's attacks just won't stop coming?

God reminds us that WE do not battle an enemy who fights fair!  "We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do."  If we want to live victoriously we have to fight to win!  God gives us every weapon we need to fight this fight.  Are we going to use them or let them rust and wonder why we seem ineffective?  We are in this daily fight to win it!  Study the enemies strategies and tactics! Study the weapons the enemy uses (lies, whispers, deception, subtleties such as "what's one 'white' lie going to hurt?"  "It's okay...EVERYBODY does it.").  

Fight the GOOD fight!