Alert and on guard!
In these crucial end-time hours, that’s how we must be. As soldiers in God’s army of prayer, we are in the midst of the greatest battle of the ages. It is the last days’ battle between the forces of darkness and the forces of light. It is a battle for the lives of believers and the souls of lost humanity.
The military and political wars we have witnessed in recent years are a physical manifestation of what is happening in the realm of the spirit. Demonic spirits that have dominated whole nations of people through wicked governments are losing their grip under the assault of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through prayer, the Church is rising up and marching forward with the prophetic words of the Lord:
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
(Matt. 24:14)
As praying saints, we must be ever aware that we are fighting a spiritual war. We must realize that for us, battles like those we’ve seen in Iraq and Afghanistan—battles fought to overturn evil regimes and liberate the people they’ve held captive—do not end when the bullets stop flying and the bombs stop falling. They end only when the way has been cleared in the realm of the spirit for the Gospel to flow freely in those nations.
Until then, we must stay on our knees and keep occupying spiritual ground. We must remain at our posts because only the prayers of the Church can fully win such wars.
Personally, I am happy to do it. I am glad to be a part of this great end-time move of God. But I am also aware that we, as believers, cannot afford to be naïve about the dangers that surround us. We must remember the scriptural warnings that these will be the most perilous times the Church has ever known. These days, we must be more wide awake and sensitive to the promptings of the Spirit than we’ve ever been before.
It is dangerous to doze off in the midst of a battle. So, now more than ever, we must always be mindful to watch and pray.
Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 3:1 – 17