This morning Damien sent me a great passage he read while doing
His Bible study at work. It really hit me and helped remind me that sometimes
we get upset but we channel our anger, our frustration in the wrong direction.
You see there are demons at work, gang. We are not wrestling against people, against flesh and blood. It’s not your boss’s personality, your husband’s insensitivity, or your wife’s inadequacies that are irritating you. Rather, there are demons in place that are causing all kinds of irritations, improper evaluations, and very real frustrations.
If you’re wrestling against people,
you’re fighting the wrong battle.
It’s the demons you need to war against, not flesh and blood.
James tells us that we have not because we ask not (4:2). In the original text, it’s clear that Jesus taught us to keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking (Matthew 7:7). Part of the reason we’re taught to keep praying is because there is a war going on that, although we don’t see it with our eyes, we feel its effects. If we give up in prayer, much of the blessing and release
that would have come our way won’t make it.
Here is a printable I created that reminds us to stay focused.
Our Prayers are powerful because we serve a Powerful God!
Print it, frame it and hang it in a place you can be reminded daily.
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