THE STRATEGIES OF OUR WARFARE

Spirit & Life Devotional
Friday, December 6
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

THE STRATEGIES OF OUR WARFARE

In warfare, you require both superior weapons and strategies/tactics to win. It is possible to have the best weapons and still lose a battle because of lack of effective strategies.

In spiritual warfare, God is the Strategist. He's got many ways to achieve victory. The more reason we have to constantly seek His will and His counsel.

When the Philistines fought David, the first time, God said to him, “Go up, for I will deliver them to your hand." The second time, David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 1 Chronicles 14. Same God, same enemy, but different strategies.

God is not rigid. The reason a lot of us fail is because we make decisions hastily; we approach situations and challenges with the same strategies. But we've got to learn to let God lead and direct us all the time. Victory is only certain when we employ God's strategies. Learn to hear from God and to be led by His Spirit.