All were a bit reluctant to answer that question and it made me think; Do we know what we are up against in this battle of good and evil?
After some thought, I considered some reasons for the inability to offer insight into the question posed; one being self implication of our own shortcomings. When we talk openly with others about the things that hinder the work of the Holy Spirit around us, we risk shining the light on our own sin. We are terrified to expose our lives that we ourselves may be lacking in some area and possibly found to be entertaining a lifestyle that displeases God.
A second reason we may not want to point out the evil around us is fear of being seen as judgmental and possibly even thought of as being better than others by pointing out the failures around us.
Another reason even being that if we expose the battles we face in our churches it could be seen as a poke in the eye of the entire congregation who for the most part claim to be believers in Christ.
We fear that someone will be offended if we stand for truth and righteousness, and we do not want to suffer the consequences.
Christians are up against a multitude of evil things that many times we do not even recognize. Spiritual warfare is the evil that we battle around us daily, it is the thing that stands in direct opposition to the word of God.
The recent messages on holiness bring to light even more the useless, evil, worthless things we entertain every day, in our lives and in our churches.
The direction of man, even with the best of intentions will fall short of God's perfect plan. The best of men are men at best.
I've since had to ask God's forgiveness for entertaining the thoughts that our selfish desires are in some way more important that His will for the church.
May we not lose heart in proclaiming the truth of scripture, daily repenting of our own sin and moving in a direction that brings glory to God while standing on the Solid Rock, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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