battle

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world - they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Aqaba, Jordan, in 1917 seemed impregnable. Any enemy vessel approaching the port would have to face the battery of huge naval guns above the town. The Turks believed Aqaba to be safe from any attack. But they were wrong.

Lawrence of Arabia rallied support among the local people.  

On July 6, 1917, the Arab forces swept into Aqaba from the North, from the blind side.  Galloping past the gigantic naval guns, the Turks were totally powerless to stop them.  The guns were facing in the wrong direction.  Aqaba fell, and the Turkish hold on the territory was broken; to be later replaced by the State of Israel.

The Turks failed to defend Aqaba because they made two mistakes.

  1. They did not know their enemy

  2. They did not have the right weapons

We must be careful not to make the same mistake.  

Ephesians 6:12-20 makes it quite clear who our enemy is and that Prayer and the Word are our weaponry.  "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world." 

You already have all the weapons you need to demolish every stronghold.

Have a victorious day, because in Jesus, you have victory!

-dave langerfed