I am reading and preaching through the book Daniel and in Chapter ten is this amazing vision and Angelic interpretation of the vision given to Daniel concerning prayer and spiritual warfare. The three weeks Daniel is praying and fasting is a three week time interval between an invisible heavenly battle. Several major issues springs out from all this.
1. The invisible spiritual battles are just as real as those that happen visibly. We are all involved in a spiritual and cosmic battle that is happening around us whether we are conscious of it or not. These battles can become very intense in the fall out of them in the natural realm. I deal with people off and on that are going through major spiritual warfare and what they call "crazy stuff" happening in their lives that makes no rational sense.
2. When it comes to spiritual warfare, we fight from victory, we do not fight for victory. Jesus has already won the decisive war even though their are smaller battles yet to be fought. We have already overcome the enemy in Christ (1 Jn.4:4). We overcome the enemy through the blood of Christ, the word of our testimony, and even through martyrdom (Rev.12:11). A surrendered life to God leads to the enemy taking flight (James 4:7).
3. Jesus has given you authority over the enemy (Luke 10:19) so pray boldly before the enemy and walk humbly before Jesus. Are we fighting in the power of Christ or are we choosing our own battles on our own limited power? When it comes to peace, peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence and power of Jesus in our lives. Often a spiritual battle is a test to get us to the next place of what God is doing if we persevere and do not give up. The greatest blessing is often just around the corner just outside of our vision.
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