Reason for Going to War

Kathy—I’ve always thought the only reason to go to war is to win, but I’m beginning to realize there are other reasons for warfare.  Some battles are a matter of training our soul (our mind and will and emotions) to stand and develop muscle to be able to stand no matter what.  Eph. 6:13 puts it this way:  “And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.”  The goal of warfare can also be to take ground incrementally in Divine timing. There are many maneuvers needed to pull down strongholds in this present darkness.  It is a bigger war than we can wage from one battlefield.  This present darkness is a matter of world rulers that are spirit forces of wickedness in the spirit realm.  These forces gather to form strongholds, and there they influence and manipulate people like puppets for their evil intents to kill, steal and destroy.  That’s why Eph 6:12 tells us “we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.”  These forces must be dismantled strategically and incrementally along with the workers of darkness they deploy into this present darkness.