I was recently totally blindsided.  Never saw it coming and the hit took me totally off guard. It happened in an internet discussion group that I have been a part of which is examining my new book, The Unseen War, Winning the Fight for Life.  A man whom I have never met but who felt God giving him clarity in the battle as a result of this book, offered to host it.  I was honored and excited.  We began the group and it quickly grew in numbers.  I was like a boy in a candy store and that’s when it happened.   I was really enjoying the interaction with a number of fellow warriors when one of the men in the group began attacking the character and integrity of others.  After being challenged on this, he seemed to back down, only to appear again a few days later viciously attacking my new friend who had started this group.

Now here’s the part that makes me so mad about all of this.  It’s not so much his attitude or the things he said.  What bothers me the most is that I made the mistake of walking into the midst of this battle field as if I were walking into Wal-Mart.  I didn’t take our enemy seriously enough.

I mean, my goodness, we are exposing Satan in the light of truth, reminding the body of Christ who our enemy is, how he works, and how to use the power of Christ that lives in us  to destroy his wicked plans.  What did I think, that the one who boldly attacked the Son of God would just sit back while I rallied the troops?

Alexander Pope wrote that ‘fools rush in where angels fear to tread’.  I’m feeling quite that fool right now.  But I am also learning, learning that this is no longer just about my strength or my character.   Learning that all missions, not just the big ones, but all missions, even ones as small as just discussing what freedom in Christ really means, need to be entered in full body armor with ‘prayers at all times ‘.

It’s kinda funny, if it wasn’t so painful.  I wrote the book, now I’m living it, the unseen war.

Fight well my friends, it all matters.

To the King,

David