What comprise evil days? We can understand the meaning of evil days better now, because they are right in front of our eyes everywhere we go. They are called the latter days or the last days. Paul refers to them as perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear] (II Tim.3:1). Under our God’s control, the world is marching on for its destruction, as it has been kept for judgment and destruction of the ungodly people (II Peter 3:7b). These are the days when we must seek strength from the Lord. Paul wrote this in the letter to the Ephesians: In conclusion, be strong in the Lord; draw your strength from Him. It is done by putting on God’s whole armor, in order to stand up successfully against the strategies and the deceits of the devil (Eph. 6: 10-11). We are constantly in a spiritual battle field. Our enemies are many, under the power of Satan. His purpose is to rage war against us, in order to destroy and to discourage in some way or other. The armor of God must stay on at all times, as a soldier’s, ready to go to war. Our spiritual life comprises of spiritual battles as long as Satan, our enemy is alive. Paul said, No soldier, when in service, gets entangled in the enterprises of life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him… [ So,] constantly keep in mind YAHSHUA the Messiah risen from the dead, descended from David, according to the good news (II Tim. 2:4,8).
We are soldiers for the sake of the Gospel. Our Lord YAHSHUA entrusted us the responsibility to keep His Gospel in our heart and to proclaim it with our mouth, to defend it with His full armor available to us. He gave us all that we need to fight the fight and to win against the strategies and the deceits of the devil, the father of lies. Often times he presents himself to us as angel of light, when in fact, he is an angel of darkness. When YAHSHUA sent the seventy disciples out on the mission to spread the good news of salvation, He equipped them with authority and power to trample upon serpents, scorpions and over all the power that the enemy possesses (Luke 10:19). When the disciples returned, they gave YAHSHUA a powerful report with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name! YAHSHUA then said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning from heaven (vs.17-18). Authority and power given to the disciples then is also available to us today to fight the enemy. Let’s think that when we activate the armor of God, we are exercising the authority and power given us against all demons and Satan himself. The armor was given us to put on and keep it on. Satan can rage war against us at any time. One never knows when. It happens suddenly sometimes, but if we are prepared with the whole activated armor on, there will be no surprises. For that, we do need spiritual discernment. We must know when the attack is from Satan, or it is a result of our sinful life-style. Satan will not go after you, if you are walking in disobedience and unprepared. He knows those who are God’s faithful servants. So, it is good to stop blaming on him and point the finger at ourselves.
Light from the Word 