A World at War

I have been reading a book called "Waking the Dead" by John Eldridge. It is a really good approach to practical living and abundent life. Eldridge takes specific time to remind us of the fact that we live in the midst of a spiritual battle. For anyone looking for a fresh take on day to day Christian living I think that this book is great. It will challenge your preconcieved notions about yourself, your heart, and day to day life. Eldridge talks about begining to see the world differently than we normally do. He says that our hearts (if we are regenerated by faith) are actually good. We still do have to deal with the flesh, but we are no longer have bad hearts but good hearts. As we struggle with sin it is easy to feel like "I'm a bad person" or carry the guilt of our sin even though Jesus has given us a new, pure heart. Eldridge says that guilt and feeling of being a bad person is directly related to spiritual battle. Daily we are bombarded with lies from our enemy telling us that we are bad and should feel guilty. All the while Jesus has forgiven us and presented us with a good, pure heart. Learning to live like we are at war is difficult. Everything that is around us screams that life is not at war it's just hard sometimes. It's not really war...

According to the book of Ephesians chapter 6 we are at war. Why is it so hard to realize that and live and think like we are at war. If I could just remember this fact more often it would bring me much more perspective in my life. As it relates to the daily desire that I have to live the abundent life I know that I live in a world at war. I know that I have an enemy who seeks my life.