This is War!!

"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." (Rom.8:22)

We live in bodies, in an environment, in a world, at war!

Since the fall, war has raged in every part of the created order that was affected by Adam's rebellion.

From volcanoes and hurricanes that are great visible illustrations of something terribly amiss to that which is not even visible to the naked eye. Physically, we can be quickly and devastatingly affected by germs, viruses, and diseases that, though indiscernable to the human eye, wreak havoc in our bodies. Our immune system quickly responds to this foreign invasion! There is war going on at the microscopic level!

But there is also war going on where microscopes, regardless of their magnification power, avail nothing. This is the spiritual "front" in this world of war. In this battle the opposing forces clash with relentless and determined ferocity as they seek dominion over the great object of the struggle.....the very heart of the Christian in this war torn world!

"But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." (Rom.7:23)

"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." (Gal.5:17)

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?" (James 4:1)

"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;" (1Pet.2:11)

Think of it! Every aspect of this world, both physically and spiritually, is and has been at war since sin entered the world!

Individuals and nations rise against each other, storms and droughts ravage the earth, diseases attack the body, wild animals struggle for survival, and the flesh wars against the Spirit!

If this present world were all that I had to hope in.....I would have no hope.......I would be sorrowful, even unto death!

But, my hope is not in this warring world and this vulnerable body, no, my hope is in God's promise through His Son, that one day all of creation will be at perfect peace!

Now, think of this! No more war in nature, in our bodies, among men, or in our spirits!
This war torn life does have an end. What a day that will be when that last enemy....death, will be destroyed and the Prince of Peace reigns forever and the former wars will be remembered no more!

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." (Rom.8:18-21)