Trained for Battle-Who and What Are We Really Fighting?
TRAINED FOR BATTLE — But Who and What Are We Really Fighting? Sister Mary Ann Wray TRAINED FOR BATTLE — But Who and What Are We Really Fighting? Sister Mary Ann Wray Psalm 144:1 says: “Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.” — Psalm 144:1 KJV David was literally a warrior before He was King and remained a warrior thereafter. War and fighting were not merely metaphors. It was a reality. In Psalm 144, David was praising God as the One who had trained and equipped him for battle and led him to victory time after time. For Christians under the New Covenant, this becomes a metaphor for a spiritual reality we face, especially in seasons of transition and when the Lord is moving you forward in growth and maturity for ministry. Paul captures what we as ministers of the New Covenant are truly fighting and how we address these spiritual “confrontations…” “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the fl...
