Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

There is more going on in our lives than is immediately obvious. There is another layer of warfare going on below the surface that most people are unaware of. This is the battle for our heart that is fought between the forces of heaven and the forces of hell everyday. Satan hates God, and will do anything to get at Him, and the only way he can do that is to destroy us, who have been made in His image. So Satan lures us away from God to hurt Him. He does this by tempting us to sin, and then flooding us with every evil desire as soon as we give Him an in.

The good news is that we are sons of Christ. We share in the body of Christ, and as such are given the same power over demons that He had.

Matthew 26:53 "Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?"

We have this same power, we have the power to send 72,000 angels rushing at the devils attacks, all we have to do is call on them. They are waiting in heaven for the signal. We don't have to put up with the crap satan tries to throw at us, we can call in an air strike and kick him right in his face. The devil fears the Power we have in Christ, through the blood that he shed for us on the cross:

Acts 19
"13Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." 14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15(One day) the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" 16Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding."

We are in that same list as Jesus and Paul, we have that same Power. The demon who overpowered 7 men would run away screaming like a little girl from us.

Romans 8
"31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?"

Just remember the next time someone does something crappy to you, it does you no good to get angry at them. We all know whose fault it really is, so send 72,000 angels knocking at his door ;)