Matthew 26:41 says ‘Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

DAILY READING; Matthew 16; Numbers 1-2; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

The battle of Hattin was one of the saddest events in the history of the Christian Crusaders. At that time, Jerusalem was in the hands of Crusaders, however, their leadership became weakened due to the death of their King, Amalric in 1174.
The king had left behind a teenage son Baldwin IV and an older daughter Sibylla. At the king’s death, the throne passed to his teenage son, but he became afflicted with leprosy and so the throne was passed to his sister Sibylla’s 7 years old son. But when this boy king also died after a year, the throne passed to Sibylla’s husband named Guy of Lusignan.
Many of the nobles were not in support of Guy of Lusignan, because he was deemed to be weak and indecisive. And this weakness in Guy’s character was exploited by the Muslim leader, Saladin to defeat the Crusaders.
Saladin set a trap for the Crusader army, by attacking one of their cities, Tiberias. Saladin knew that for the Crusader army to come to the defense of Tiberias, they had to march through a long stretch of harsh and dry land. The nobles who understood Saladin’s trick advised the king against taking this bait. But in July 1187, Guy of Lusignan, king of Jerusalem ordered the Crusader army to march for Tiberias.
This made them to fall into Saladin’s trap. As the Crusader marched further and further into the hot desert towards Tiberias, they eventually became thirsty and tired. At the point when they had become very weak, that was when Saladin sprung his trap and attacked with his full army. Saladin’s army virtually slaughtered most of the Crusaders and eventually captured Jerusalem.
News of this defeat greatly angered Christians in Europe and another crusader army under the leadership of King Richard the Lionheart came hard against Saladin, soundly defeating him in battles. However, despite these victories, it would take the Crusaders a long time to recover from their loss at the battle of Hattin.

Truly we cannot afford to be ignorant of the devil’s devices.
One of the war tactics the enemy often applies in spiritual warfare is to attack believers when they are weakest.
And the area of weakness for the believer is when he is in the flesh. Being in the flesh puts the believer in the place of disadvantage because that is when he is spiritually weak and most susceptible to the enemy’s traps and temptations.

Matthew 26:41 says ‘Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Indeed the flesh is weak. Especially in these end-times, where arrows of the wicked are flying by day and by night, we cannot afford to operate in the flesh. We must remain spiritually alert and watchful in order to discern and escape the evil plots of the wicked.

1 Peter 5:8, says ‘Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:’

Through daily contact with the world, a believer’s spiritual fire may begin to go down. Despite his former zeal, such a believer may find himself losing the passion for the things of God. In such a case, the fire can be reignited through a season of waiting upon the lord in fasting, praying and study of the Word.
Indeed we can’t afford to continue in a state of spiritual coldness, it is too dangerous. We must always keep the fire on our prayer alter burning and never allow it to go out. [Leviticus 6:13].
God has given us all we need to keep the devil under our feet. Psalm 144:1 says that He trains our hands for war. He has given us weapons of warfare which are not carnal but mighty through Christ to the pulling down of strongholds.
And our definite superior weapon of destruction against the enemy is the Blood of Jesus. Indeed through the Blood, we can render useless every satanic trap and agenda, escape every temptation and live a life that continually glorifies God.

PRAYER:
Father I thank You for the power that is available to me through the blood of Jesus. By Your grace I know I have overcome every plot of the wicked. Truly I am more than a conqueror in every battle of life in Jesus’ Name.
Quote :
The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you. Wordbite 222