Deuteronomy 3:22; Joshua 23:9-11; Psalm 144:1; 2 Corinthians 10:3-4; Ephesians 6:12-13; 1 Timothy 1:18; 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8.

The enemy is Satan.  We fight not flesh, but supernatural hosts of evil in heavenly places.  Kingdoms of the dark side.

We take God’s whole armor to withstand catastrophe, to wage good war and having done it all, to still stand when the battle ends.

Yes, we live in a physical world, but we don’t fight a physical battle.  Our weapons have divine power to destroy Satan’s forts, his castles in the air.  We don’t have a siege mentality—he does!  Happy be my God, my rock of stability, solidity, steadfastness—he trains my hands to fight this battle, this war.

And when it ends, we’ll say as Joshua did when they had taken Canaan, “God drove out before huge enemies who could not stand up to us.  We love our God!”

We fear not Satan.  God fights for us!  And we have fought and will fight this good fight.