Losing the Battle

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."

The enemy is not humanity--not human beings. Ever. When I lash out at flesh and blood, not only am I not fighting the right battle, I am fighting for the wrong side. To fight the battle I must daily, prayerfully, put on the whole armor of God. I must daily pray for all those in authority that they might encounter Christ. I must daily submit to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit that I might resist the conforming power of the world system and thus worship God with my life. I must take every thought captive to obedience in my life. 

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses."

Wrong enemy. Wrong weapons. Losing battle.