In one of our recent Unity Services, I played a video of a group of believers who were presumably engaged in spiritual warfare. Their leader had a dane gun in hand as he pranced up and down the hall. Quite a number had cutlasses, while some others had brooms. The book of Ephesians gives details of the weapons available to us for the battles of life. None of the things paraded by this overzealous group made the list. Even for those who have proper understanding of the weapons like the word and name of the Lord, the Blood of Jesus and others, victory may still be elusive unless they daily live in obedience. Apostle Paul made it clear to the Corinthians that though our weapons are mighty through God for pulling down all strongholds; they are only effective when our obedience to the Lord is complete.
“Small battle without God on our side is doom; big battle with the Captain of the Hosts is a walk-over. Unfailingly, obedience will always woo God to our side.”
Nowhere is this better illustrated than the campaign of the children of Israel at Ai. Joshua’s first campaign was a huge success. Following the instructions of God the massive wall that shielded Jericho came crashing down, and they defeated the country. But when they faced a small, little known city called Ai, they suffered a defeat. The reason was because they had disobeyed God; Achan took of the stuff that God had forbidden them from touching. We understand from here that victory or failure is not determined by the size of battle we face. Small battle without God on our side is doom; big battle with the Captain of the Hosts is a walk-over. Unfailingly, obedience will always woo God to our side.
