I often forget I’m in a Battle. I’m in a war, and so are you. But I go about my Christian life, plodding along like I’m engaged in warfare, and then I find myself thrust into confusion or discouragement. I find more examples of calamity and distress. Everywhere I look, I suddenly see disaster. More accidents. More injuries. More sickness. More weariness. And I become so confused as to what’s happening.

But then I remember. I’m in a Spiritual Battle (Ephesians 6), and I take up the armor of God once again.