Our struggle is not against flesh and blood

It is true that when Christ brings us to His ways we begin to live the best life we have ever lived, but it is also true that the beginning of the Christian life is very similar to a marriage, in the beginning of a marriage we seem to have no problems and it seems that everything goes rosy, but then we begin to pass processes, difficulties, and exactly that happens in the Christian life, everything seems to start easy, but then we see that it becomes difficult, uncomfortable, trials, etc.

But, we must remember that Christ never promised to be comfortable, although He did promise us to have a peace in the midst of those difficulties, which the world does not give us.

We have a war, a struggle, which is not easy, and we must put on the armor of our God to be able to persevere in this constant struggle, and we must know that Christ is with us every day, until the end.

The apostle Paul wrote:

11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:11-12

We must take these words of the apostle very seriously. The Christian life is not like many people think, it is not a Five Star Resort where with a telephone you ask for everything you want and they take it to your room, no! The Christian life is based on a struggle and not any struggle, but a struggle against spiritual beings, a struggle against ourselves and if we are not clothed with God we can not win.

Sometimes we believe that we alone can win a battle and that is totally false. In the sports world, in order to be victorious, the best team must have players who know how to share plays, must have a manager who knows how to make plays and that same thing happens in the Christian faith, if we fight on our own we will lose, but if we fight The Christian life with God as manager we have all the win and no one can against us.

And as the years pass in our walk with Christ, we begin to realize that the difficulties we face are not signs of abandonment, but proofs of His love. God allows these trials not to destroy us but to strengthen us, just as a soldier is trained through discipline, resistance and perseverance. The battles we confront—whether internal or external—become instruments through which God shapes our character and matures our faith. Every trial endured, every temptation resisted, and every tear shed becomes a testimony that the grace of God in us is stronger than any adversity. And although our flesh becomes weary at times, the Spirit of God continually renews us from within, enabling us to press on with courage.

One of the greatest dangers we face as believers is forgetting that we cannot fight spiritual battles with human tools. We may attempt to confront fear, anxiety, temptation or discouragement with our own strength, but soon we learn—sometimes painfully—that the arm of flesh always fails. This is why Paul urges us to put on the full armor of God, because without it we are exposed to the enemy’s attacks. The truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation and the Word of God are not optional accessories; they are the very weapons that sustain us in the midst of war. A Christian without armor is a Christian defeated before the battle even begins. But a believer clothed with God’s armor is unshakable, because his strength does not come from himself but from the Almighty.

Therefore, let us learn to depend entirely on Christ. Let us begin each day acknowledging that without Him we can do nothing, and that our greatest victories will always be the ones won on our knees. When Christ manages our battles, directs our steps and governs our hearts, no scheme of the enemy can prosper. The Christian life is not about avoiding conflicts, but about standing firm in the power of God in the midst of them. And although the path may be narrow, full of challenges and marked with spiritual warfare, we walk with the certainty that He who called us is faithful, and that He will sustain us to the end. Blessed is the believer whose confidence is wholly in the Lord, for he will never be put to shame.