I've been reading the Psalms. 22-33 to be exact. Over and over David admonishes (himself?) to wait on the Lord. He cries out for deliverance from his enemies. He asks the Lord to teach him. As I read, I wondered who my enemies were. I mean, I live here in America in safety and comfort. Do I have any enemies? Who are they? Then I was reminded of the spiritual battles it seems like I have been losing on every front. In Ephesians  Paul reminds us that we are in a battle and tells us to put on our spirutual armor to fight our enemies, which are not flesh and blood, but "spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." (Eph. 5:12) As a Christian I know God has saved me to do good works. As a wife and mother of preschoolers, most of those good works will be the physical acts of serving and caring for my family. So it follows that whatever is keeping me from doing those good works is the likely field of my spiritual battles. I have been so blind. Instead of putting on my armor, standing firm, and waiting on the Lord for the victory, I've been wandering around the battlefield, naked. Or worse, trying to arm myself with shields of my own choosing (idols), then wondering why I'm getting pummeled. I've been decieved by those spiritual enemies. Thank the Lord that he opens the eyes of His children and preserves us even when we fall. And mostly, I thank Him that the outcome of the battle does not depend on me.