Our world lacks leadership. Our enemy deceives us, taking away our clarity. And we let him. We don’t understand that we’re in a subtle war that depends on our ability to see God’s Word clearly and move forward in its conviction. And when we decide to step up, we find that we can’t. We lack the power and focus. We just can’t fight the world by ourselves. It’s when we realize God is active, present, cares about us, and wants us to be a part of his battle. Effective warriors, loving and serving for His Glory and for His pleasure, not our own, that we finally become effective.

The World thinks it owns the battlespace...that they have their bases covered. They think they own everything from the top down. They think they have the coordinated effort to do anything they want.

The world may think that we’ve killed God, that we’ve rendered God ineffective. Arrogant men buy the lie that we can do it by ourselves, but we can’t. It’s tempting to think that we have no support. We may feel cut off, like God’s support can’t quite reach us where we’re at.

But the opposite is true. You have His Word. You have His Spirit. You have support. You’re not alone. God isn’t simply present and there to make you feel better and console you. He’s not an ineffective, but encouraging voice. He’s not a toothless lion. He’s a mighty warrior, and He owns the battlespace.