The War

So, how goes the battle?

A short question I remember from my father encapsulating into a brief sentence the question of direction for our life.  Taken from my fathers perspective I’m sure it was a question specifically pointed to our earthly endeavors, but it was also a statement revealing the effect of the world on our life.

Life is a battle.

            A battle is a brief period in a war.

A battle needs soldiers.

           

A battle requires a field of action.

A battle has a course of action.

            A battle is difficult.

            A battle is hazardous.

            A battle requires commitment.

            A battle IS NOT for the faint hearted.

                        Many difficulties and hardships must be overcome and it terrorizes the heart.

A battle has a finality.

Successful battles win a war.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

2 Corinthians 10:3-5