January 17, 2007

WAR!!

I love reading. Maybe too much! One thing I notice when I'm reading a book is that I always seem to feel as if the main character's problems are mine and I want to fix them. And I keep reading, wishing I could tell him or her how stupid they are when they make a bad decision or warn against obvious danger around the corner. And sometimes it's really annoying, but I guess that's the whole adventure of reading a book.

I got Randy Alcorn's Edge of Eternity for Christmas. I just started reading it today. I tried reading it a few months ago when I got it out of the library, but I couldn't get into it then. This time, I'm seeing it differently. The main guy, Nick Seagrave, finds himself in another world and scenes of his messed-up life keep flashing before him. He begins to realize the wrong choices he's made, but the devil (represented by a scorpion hooking it's tail into his chest) still has a powerful grip on him. One part struck me and reminded me of Ephesians 6. I think we sometimes forget about the spiritual battle that is constantly going on, not only around us, but it is a war to fight for our very souls. And when we do remember, we are sometimes so caught up in the battle and relying on our own strength, that we sometimes forget the power we have to fight in Jesus Christ.

The plain suddenly became an immense battlefield, full of great gladiators, with eyes of fire, lifting their swords against other warriors, these with cold shark eyes. The warriors of both sides seemed to be of the same stock, as if it was a civil war - the gray city of the east versus the bright city of the west. Some troops fought on the ground, some above it, as if the air had an invisible floor. Sparks flew off their swords and lightening bolts pierced the sky. Swords clashed agianst shields, and thunderclaps exploded. Even at a distance the noise was almost unbearable.

People, some of whom I'd just seen, walked on the ground underneath the great combatants. Now they appeared translucent, almost invisible. Most of them stepped casually, unguardedly, apparently unaware of the battle raging above and around them. (Edge of Eternity, page 73)

"Finally, my brethern, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." Ephesians 6:10-13

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

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