Throughout my entire life, I have played a lot of sports at various levels. One theme commonly taught by many coaches (especially in competitive leagues) was this: "know your opponent." That theme is also taught in preparing for warfare. In order to win the battle or war, you must first "know your enemy." That same theme must be carried over into our Christian walk. Many times, Christians remain defeated and are not victorious because they have failed to know their enemy. As Christians, our enemy is Satan. In our walk with the Lord, we do not wrestle with ourselves, we do not wrestle with others, we do not wrestle with our circumstances. Rather, we wrestle, "against the rulers of darkness of the world." In other words, we "wrestle" against Satan and his demons. Oftentimes, these "wrestling matches" occur because we do not know or understand who our enemy is and how he works. In addition, we often fail to recognize that Jesus (once and for all) defeated Satan when He died on that cross and arose out of that tomb. Jesus is alive this morning! Jesus has already won the battle! There is no more war! Oh, dear brothers and sisters, keep walking in victory with Jesus!

Pastor Randy