War Zone

Here is a question?

Would you walk across Afghanistan on your own (with a pistol in your pocket). Most people would say “No!”, because there is a war going on and it would too dangerous. That is sensible.

Here is another question. Which is the most dangerous? The physical war in Afghanistan or the spiritual war in the place where you live and work.

I don’t know what you would answer, but I believe that the spiritual war is more dangerous than the physical war. More people are hurt and injured by spiritual war than physical war. Yet we spend most of days wandering around on our own (with our bibles in our pocket).

Actually there are plenty of secure place in Afghanistan. There are large pieces of territory that are secured and controlled by the side that you identify with. If you stay on this territory, you will be relatively safe (nothing is guaranteed in life and war).

Getting back to spiritual war, where is the territory that has been secured by your side. In the days of parishes, churches took territory seriously. Now Christians drive to church, so no one cares about territory. There is very little territory that has been secured by the people of God. This makes life dangerous for followers of Jesus.

Government of God explains the importance of territory for Jesus, and how his people can secure territory for him.