Paul gave the title to this article in Ephesians 6:10. With so many God-given principles and Divine precepts under attack in our liberated, tolerate-anything culture, Christians need to equip themselves with Paul’s prescribed spiritual armor, developing the right disposition to deal with “the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Eph. 6:10-19). Charles Spurgeon gave a good example of being strong in the Lord by a woman, seeking to serve God.

     This woman “wanted the use of a school-house for a Sunday school. The man to whom she had to apply was a skeptic; and before going to him, she asked God that she might have the house. She then asked the man, and he said: ‘No! The school-house was built for secular learning, and we want none of your Bible nonsense.’

     ‘Well,’ said the woman, ‘I didn’t ask you first: I asked a higher One than you, and I believe I shall get what I want, because I mean to pray for it until I do; for, do you know that when I pray with all my heart, there is something that always gives way? Sometimes it is a man’s health, sometimes his life, but always something, and I am certain when I get the full strain of prayer on, something will snap.’

     And something did snap. The man couldn’t get the matter of this woman’s praying out of his mind, and he sent word to her that she might have the house.” 1

     This woman did several things well: 1. She prayed repeatedly to God. 2. She trusted God (James 1:2-7). 3. She manifested a kind, confident trust in God before the one opposing her. 4. She confidently affirmed that God is stronger than man (cf Rom. 3:4). 5. She intended to keep praying until what was right prevailed. There is the spirit of Hebrews 13:6: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?”

     Brethren, develop a love for all men-even enemies (Matt. 5:44), but be strong in the Lord (11 Tim. 1:7), resisting even the Devil (James 4:7), redeeming the time, because the days are evil (Eph. 5:15-18)!

1 Joseph Sanderson, ED., The Pulpit Treasury, E.B. Tread, New York, 1884, p.573.