Overwhelming Victory

At our last meeting with the other Emmaus Road teams, Benji Bruneel, Westmont's Campus Life Coordinator, shared briefly on spiritual warfare. He mentioned that according to reports from teams that have come back from previous trips abroad, the one thing they could have better prepared for was the spiritual warfare they faced. We broke up in small groups by teams to answer what was this warfare that many Christians today know little about. "It is real" was the general answer we all agreed was true. Spiritual warfare is a reality. During this time it is especially crucial that we understand the intentions of the enemy and also recognize the power of God and the overwhelming victory we have in Christ.

Benji continued in sharing four ways we could be "shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves" (Ephesians 6:10-18).

1) Prepare for it

2) Pray against it - Prayer is the most effective weapon!

3) Pursue holiness - The chief opportunity for the enemy to attack is sin. The enemy will use the cracks in our character - pride ungodliness, selfishness, etc. - to his advantage.

4) Remember our Lord - We are going in the name of Jesus Christ. We know that he is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

In the midst of an exciting and hectic week, our team will not forget that we are bearers of truth and that we need to be pure vessels of His love. Therefore, how must more so are we to be steadfast in prayer and immovable in the face of the treats of the enemy? I know that victory in Jesus Christ is sweet and so very blessed. I look forward to sharing these victory stories with you as my team embarks on this journey away from home.

As a first report of God's faithfulness, I just finished taking my Political Economy, Race, and Gender final, the last exam I will ever take as a sophomore!

Peace,

Trin