Pronounced strat-yoo'-om-ahee, this Greek word means "spiritual battle, war" and it is as used in 2 Corinthians 10:3-4.
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not canal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.)
Life is about the most difficult challenges and harshness which are programmed to see that we do not win the war against self. As it is illustrated in the scripture above, we are employed by the Holy Spirit to "strategize our wars" instead of just running out there to fight. The war we fight on daily as humans has nothing to do with guns, knifes or battles axes, but with the mind.
As humans considered the higher animals, with a heightened sense of consciousness, we must be aware that though we live in a well structured physical body, we are meant to strategize.
Our strategies must not be according to the level or capacity of our sense but of one with a higher understanding.
The pursuit of happiness a man strives to achieve has in more times than one destroyed the winning spirit available in a man. We have become really weak and failing because our minds see wars of guns and knifes instead of imaginary, demonic and self inflicted.
For though we are flesh and blood with sinews, tissue and bones, we are more than just the weakness our bodies represents. We are more of the innate aspect of the form we have but fail to take hold of.
The Bible has series of examples where we are asked to battle strategically and not physically. Little wonder today, many die from depression, suicide and addiction to drugs.
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The will to be seen and identified as a winner by all means, has left many without a win and they lack ideas as to the way out of their "Strateumai."
I have often wondered what drives people to commit suicide, or to go on a killing spree.
What makes a man say he has had enough of living and needs to end it?
What drives suicidal thoughts from zero to maturity where that person is now seen as having done it?
If I ask you, who determines the battle we have to fight on daily basis, will you say God? Is there really a war so bad that man cannot overcome?
Overtime, great men from time past and the recent present have been known to be good strategist and history still have the stories of how they ultimately triumphed through strategies not considered common.
People like Mohandas Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King jnr, Karl Maxx, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt etc. The list is endless.
The wars as are created, are not meant to kill us but mostly to test our resolve, they are meant to put us in harm's way so that the ribbons of lives makeover becomes fully laced to allow for continuity and growth. Fight your wars and make the the win real as can be. Do not use the guns and knifes approach because it has nothing to do with winning a war, employ strategy laced with finesse and a think tank mentality that will floor the enemy.
If you are faced with a situation beyond your control and it looks like everything is lost. Do not fret more than you should, take your time out to strategize with your mind, your friends, family, the holy Spirit and even with a blank sheet of paper. Follow a straight forward approach called strategy and you will be amazed at the way the problems will fade.
Remember, "The weapons of our warfare are not canal..."
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