The challenge of growing up defeating the spiritual enemy

SUMMARY: Spiritual warfare is a constant battle that Christians face. It is a dirty, ruthless war that cannot be won with human weapons or military expertise. It can only be won with invisible weapons provided by God. Ignorance in the knowledge of God leaves a gap open for the powers of darkness to sow ideas that we do not need to develop spiritually. We must learn to grow through the attacks of the spiritual enemy and not fall into his traps. Growth through stumbling blocks caused by the enemy will allow us to be more prepared for the future.

A Christian, in any of his growing seasons, should never doubt that we live under constant bombardment and the permanent effects of spiritual warfare. From Adam to Christ and from Christ to today, this war has claimed more millions of victims than those generated by the world belligerents and the conflagrations that are deteriorating the world these days. It is a dirty war, ruthless, without quarter: it is not won with warlike devices made with human hands, nor with any military expertise. Spiritual warfare is won with invisible weapons that we did not invent, but God.

Who has not seen himself immersed in one of them? Or have we not seen ourselves among the wounded battered on the battlefield? Spiritual warfare is the war of death if we voluntarily decide to run the race of faith with only Sunday espadrilles, well anointed with preaching and tender hallelujahs, but not knowing the weapons we have inherited to combat it. The other option is to fight, to make war on our ignorance, to fill us every day with His knowledge and love and to propose to grow until we climb the palanquin of victory, dressing ourselves in the armor of God. The enemy declares war on us from the moment we stretch our soul and heart so that the Lord of Lords may dwell and rule there.