Actively battling can become exhausting. When the conflict is long and there seems to be no end, our faith is our greatest weapon. Paul reminds Timothy to take hold of eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12). Reminding ourselves that this world is not our home is a comfort when things of this world are being taken away from us.
We are agents of God. He tells us where to live, what to speak, and how to respond. Knowing that all things are for his glory, not ours, if it appears we have lost a particular battle, we know God is accomplishing his will, for us, and for our human enemy. Therefore we can rest in a God, just like the three Hebrew boys.
"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." (Daniel 3:16-18).
