The Battle Unseen

The Battle Unseen

Ephesians 6:12

As I look around and see

There is so much hurt and pain around me

There are family’s broken

And hurtful words spoken

People dead and dying

And many are crying

And justly so

There are mean people in this world

As we all know

But where’s the battle

What fight are we going to choose

If we pick the wrong battle

We will all lose

Is the battle against the people?

Or the weapons they use?

Is it a battle of race?

Or maybe of abuse?

These are all real things

And issues that we see

But if that’s the battle we fight

Will we really be set free?

These are all symptoms 

Of a much deeper thing

It seems in our world today

We want to treat the symptoms causing pain

But won’t look at the heart

And see the real stain

We are born into evil

With sin rooted deep

And when we least expect it

That sin begins to creep

It will come out in the most vile of ways

And if the symptom is fixed

The sin still stays

There are broken people in the world

That’s where our focus should be

On the hearts of the people

That’s what will last for eternity

As I look at the Bible

These are the words I find

Gods Loves all people

And doesn’t want anybody

Left behind

So why all the fighting

Why all the hate

Does it really matter who wins the next debate?

Will our views really change 

If our heart stays the same

The anger is still there

As we cry out that

Life is not fair

The hurt and the pain

These things remain

It just gets hidden for awhile

But will come out again

Jesus prayer was the we would be one

That’s why God sent Him

The one and only Son

Because the pain is real

He cares how you feel

Your hurt really happen

And I acknowledge the pain

But without Jesus 

Our hearts will still be stained

So the first step is this

Accept Christ

But the second part

Is too often missed

We must give Him our all

And keep nothing to ourselves

It’s easy to give some things

And leave some hidden on the shelves

But if we don’t give our all

It will be bad for our health

Whatever we hold onto 

Can’t be healed

And whatever we don’t release 

Will be revealed

Maybe not today

Or right away

But one day

So I say

Release it all

So that you can be free

And then you will see

The battle is not against people

Enemy or friend

The former will become the latter

If this fighting doesn’t end

Let us join together 

And begin to pray

Against the one 

Who would ruin our day

Ephesians 6 lays it out plain

Our battle is not against flesh and blood

But it is a war for the hearts of men

Fought in the spiritual realm

To uproot the desires of sin

God cares about souls

And wants all to come to know him

That needs be our heart too

If not, the battle has been lost in you

If we keep wasting time on the surface

And not on the people in pain

We lose sight of the reason

Why Christ was slain

And makes him go through it all again

Which He would do in an instant 

If that’s what was the need

But the first time was enough

So now Hear my plea

Join me in the battle for souls

Let’s not get lost in the outward sins

And focus on the hearts of gold

You have been equipped for this war

God made you qualified

And asks you to stand

By His side

Or rather fall to your knees

As the battle is prayer

Against What we can’t see

In the spiritual realm

Evil principalities

So let’s join together 

To fight effectively

In the battle for souls

The Battle Unseen

Galatians 3:26-28

Galatians 3:26-28 – You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who are baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

           You look like Christ Jesus. This is an amazing thing. We talked about how we have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer us who live, but Christ lives in us (Galatians 2:20). So Christ lives in us, but now we see it goes beyond that as well. Not only does Christ live in us, but when we are baptized into Him we are also clothed with Him. This is how we become sons of God.

           We are one with Christ, the Son of God. All of us are together in Him, so it takes away all that separates us. As it says here there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female. It does not matter what your race or background or even what sex you are. We are all one in Christ Jesus. It is faith that gets us there, and we need to hold onto that faith.

           In our lives we like to create individuality, but Christ wants unity. Don’t get me wrong, we all have a purpose and a plan that is specific to each one of us, but that gift is given to strengthen the body. It is not given for you to be a loner.

Everyone’s purpose is in relation to the body of Christ. Just like an arm has a different purpose than a leg, but both are guided by the overall purpose of the mind, which in our case is Christ. Stop trying to isolate yourself off from other believers; we are all the same in Jesus. This goes for denominations as well. I like how my brother Matthew put it in his blog when he said if Paul were writing this today it might read a little more like this:

“There is neither Baptist nor Methodist, neither Charismatic nor Pentecostal, nor any other denomination; there is neither Protestant nor Catholic; there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

We need to let go of our petty differences of opinion and unite on the reality that is Christ Jesus. He made us all one and it is time that we start acting like it.