Wrestling Not Against Flesh and Blood

by Tom Frazier

Many today can be characterized by Jesus’ words: “You strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.”

We rage against politics while ignoring pride. We demand morality from unbelievers but excuse our own selfishness. We see the speck in the world’s eye and miss the log in our own.

We are not called to wrestle against flesh and blood. Our fight is not with people — it is with principalities and powers, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with spiritual wickedness in high places.

But too many Christians are fighting with the weapons of the world. Anger. Fear. Control. Accusation. Retaliation.

We must lay down these carnal weapons and pick up the armor of God.

Our victory is not in argument. It is in intercession. Our power is not in influence. It is in humility. Our strength is not in numbers. It is in the Spirit.

There is a war — a real war — but it is unseen. And it has already been won at the cross.

Our role is not to conquer people, but to minister Christ to them. To love them. To lay down our lives for them. To pray for them. To bless them.

And when we suffer for doing so, we rejoice — because we are following in the footsteps of our Lord.

Let us not waste our energy fighting the wrong enemy. Let us turn our weapons toward the darkness behind the scenes — and bring the light of Christ to those still held captive.

The world is not our battlefield. It is our mission field.

© 1993 Winthrop House / Revised 2022. Used by permission of the author.