Fighting Not Against Flesh and Blood [Psalm 60]
[My apologies for not writing the last two days. I write these psalms posts in batches, and I just got behind and didn’t get it done. Don’t give up on me yet! —AF]
This is a psalm after a military defeat:
1 O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;
you have been angry; oh, restore us.
About a thousand years later, the Apostle Paul would write this to the Christians in Ephesus:
“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.” [Ephesians 6:12]
Did you catch that?
Our fight is not ultimately against flesh and blood, but is a spiritual fight.
Two things:
The only way to fight spiritual problems is with spiritual weapons: PRAYER AND LOVE. Are you praying for our country and community today?
Don’t lose heart, but pray the final verse of Psalm 60:
“With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.”
All the spiritual foes of evil are fighting on borrowed time—the Lord is our strength:
“It is he who will tread down our foes”!