Spiritual Warfare

Since last Friday the reality of spiritual warfare has become more and more obvious to me. When I walked into the Rylander Theater there was no doubt that Satan was there. When I saw a good friend, who was heading up the rally, I knew war was being waged. After I spent some time with the band I realized they had a completely different views than those of the evangelist who would be speaking. It was a most difficult day to say the least. After our evangelist was done there was silence. People where in shock and awe...they had never heard preaching like that before.

After the bombs were dropped and the smoke cleared my friend realized this was only the beginning. As the leader of the event he has gotten calls, and emails and face-to-face encounters where people took the opportunity to bash the event, especially the preacher.

Without going into every detail I only wish to make a proclamation: We are in the last days. People want to have their ears tickled by sermons instead of being brought to conviction. People don't want the worldliness of their life and their church to be exposed publicly. It can be very discouraging. My friend is feeling the weight of it all at this very moment.

My prayer is that I would be counted as a worthy soldier for the Cross. I want to be a soldier who participates in warfare as opposed to the typical Southern Baptist who refuses to acknowledge that it even exist.