Be Still And Know

Ephesians 6:12 NLT 'For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the uinseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.' The success of the HBO series Game of Thrones, based upon RR Martin’s multivolume books, has ensured that fantasy fiction is mainstream. Many of its contemporary characters are morally ambivalent. The innocent suffer and life is precarious. Perhaps the fantasy genre best depicts the reality of living life in today’s world. It’s less about escape than mere observation of the terrors that stalk us all. The Bible’s acknowledgement that life is never plain sailing is once more fashionable and contemporary. I truly hope so, for to be blindsided to the reality of evil and the truth that how we live, both personally and corporately, has physical consequences, is to adopt a head buried deep in the ground mentally. The battle for our mind is intense. It continues both when I’m awake and asle