Read:
Ephesians 6:12

I love peonies. It’s my favorite flower, and they’re in full bloom right now. These flowers smell great, but whenever I clip them they are covered in ants that get in my house. Ugh! These little pests are an enemy to my beautiful flowers. That is what I thought. Then I planted these beloved flowers in a new area of my yard. The next spring when they came up there were buds, but they weren’t opening. Time went on, but the buds stayed closed and started to die. I realized there were hardly any ants in this new bed. I researched it, and the ants are needed to eat a sticky covering that’s on the buds, enabling them to open. I then worked to make the conditions favorable to those ants.

I did not understand who my enemy was.

Right now we are experiencing protests, riots, and marches spurred on by racial injustices. Many have an opinion who the enemy is, but Ephesians 6:12 tells us who it is.

I share this so we know who the enemy is, and to understand that he comes to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10a NIV). By understanding the enemy, we can pray against his schemes. We can also pray for God’s will to be done. We can pray the enemy does not get the upper hand to distract from the good that God wants to happen.

Question:
Will you pray that the good God wants at this time will be done, and that the plans of the enemy will not be allowed to triumph?

Edie Hardin
Coordinator – Missions