I’m feeling like we as God’s representatives have been in retreat for far too long, and it’s time for the church to step up and take the fight to the enemy.

“Though we live in this world we do not wage war as the world does, the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of this world. On the contrary, they have Devine power to demolish strongholds, we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Cor 10:3-5

No, I am not rallying an army of riotous, anti-anything protesters, but questioning what our relevant response should be to the chaos consuming the streets of America. What should we Christians do in response to the pain and suffering we are observing just about everywhere we look?

Though I’m sure some would have us just shut up and remain quiet, I’m even more certain that God does not want us hunkered down in our bunkers waiting for it all to blow over.

Consequently, I just wanted to rattle your cages a little this morning and check to see if we haven’t all fallen asleep a little, self included. I think we are missing a valuable opportunity to participate in this great struggle of our time. I myself have grown a little complacent in my response, and desperately need to wake up. I want to challenge all who call Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, to ponder and pray about what the Lord would have us do as people of faith. Do we sit around and wait for our dysfunctional government to give us guidance on what we should do, or do we petition our Lord and Savior for our next set of marching orders?

This is not a rhetorical question. I would like to have this conversation with my fellow believers out there. We have to move beyond our lethargic Amens to online sermons and allow ourselves to be pressed into action in the service of our King. What does that look like, where do we begin?

Again, I am not suggesting we storm any castle walls in a physical sense, but let’s talk about what that means and looks like in the context of the verse I quoted earlier, 2 Cor 10:3-5. Please respond if you’ve received this message. Let’s start there.