⚔️ Know Your Enemy, Know Your Commander #001
How Real Men of God Dominate Spiritual War Zones by Knowing Who They Fight and Who They Follow
Knowing the Battlelines in a Time of Spiritual Confusion
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
— Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Welcome to the front lines. Not a metaphorical battlefield — but a real one.
The war is raging. Your home is the battlefield. Your mind is the ground zero. Your marriage, your sons and daughters, your soul — they are targets.
But here’s the problem: most men don’t even know who they’re fighting.
Even worse, some have forgotten who commands them.
Sun Tzu was right — and it’s straight scripture in principle: Victory belongs to the one who understands both the threat and the throne.
In the kingdom of God, if you don’t know your enemy and you don’t know your Commander, you will lose before the first blow is thrown.
Our springboard for today’s discussion is:
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
— Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)
1. 🔍 Know Your Enemy — He’s Crafty, Not Creative
Satan doesn’t come with horns and a pitchfork. He comes as your insecurity.
Your addiction. Your laziness. Your bitterness.
He comes as pride. As lust. As fear.
“Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
— 1 Peter 5:8
He’s been at this since the garden. He’s not creative — he just keeps using what works. And most men keep falling for it. Why? Because they don’t recognize him.
Satan’s favorite disguises:
Your emotions (he speaks in first-person lies: “I’ll never be enough…”)
People close to you (he uses their voices to reinforce his lies)
Distraction and busyness (he doesn’t need to kill you if he can keep you ineffective)
If you think the enemy is your boss, your wife, your ex, your pastor — you’ve already been outmaneuvered.
You’re swinging at shadows while the real enemy advances.
2. 👑 Know Your Commander — He Doesn’t Lose
If you’re going to war, you better know who’s sending you and what authority you carry.
“The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is His name.”
— Exodus 15:3
Jesus doesn’t send you into battle hoping you survive. He sends you with authority.
“Behold, I have given you authority… over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”
— Luke 10:19
Let that settle in your spirit: ALL the power of the enemy. Not some. Not most. ALL.
But here’s the catch: You can’t walk in the Commander’s authority if you ignore His commands.
You can’t claim His victory while rejecting His voice.
Knowing your Commander means:
You trust His timing.
You obey without hesitation.
You stay under His covering.
You don’t fight for victory — you fight from it.
3. 🧠 Misidentifying the Enemy Leads to Misplaced Energy
Men are tired today — not because they’re weak — but because they’re warring in the wrong direction.
You yell at your kids instead of rebuking the spirit of division in your home.
You rage against politics instead of fasting for discernment.
You try to fix your wife instead of praying for her heart.
You’re using a sword where you need a shield. You’re launching arrows at people when you should be binding the spiritual stronghold behind them.
“The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.”
— 2 Corinthians 10:4
That’s why knowing your enemy matters.
So you stop fighting who and start fighting what.
4. 🛡️ Knowing Your Commander Changes How You Fight
Jesus didn’t panic.
He didn’t flinch when the storm hit.
He didn’t argue with Satan — He crushed him with scripture.
He didn’t run from the cross — He conquered through it.
When you know your Commander:
You don’t fight like the world fights.
You don’t react to every insult.
You don’t quit when it gets hard.
You don’t compromise under pressure.
You stand. You listen. You follow orders. And when you speak, hell takes notice.
5. ⚔️ You Are Called to Be Both Soldier and Son
Too many men want to fight like soldiers but live like orphans.
They wear the armor, but they forget the intimacy.
They quote Scripture, but they don’t sit at the Commander’s feet.
Real warfare flows from identity.
If you don’t know you’re a beloved son, you’ll fight like a hired hand — with no confidence, no covering, and no clarity.
But when you know your Commander is also your Father, everything changes.
You don’t run from battle — you run to Him, then into the fire with His name on your lips.
🙌 Conclusion: Stand Between the Enemy and Your Commander
You were not made to live in spiritual confusion.
You were not made to guess your way through warfare.
You are a trained soldier. A chosen warrior. A redeemed man of God who walks in authority because he knows his enemy — and obeys his Commander.
So square your shoulders. Sharpen your sword.
Wake up each day not just ready to fight, but already positioned in victory.
You know the enemy.
You know the Commander.
Now take your orders and go to war like a man of God.
❓Challenge for the Week:
Take 15 minutes each day this week to ask two questions:
“Holy Spirit, show me where the enemy is working in my life, family, or mind.”
“Father, what are Your orders for me today?”
Write down what you hear. Act on it.
🙏 Let’s Pray:
Commander of Heaven, open my eyes to the real enemy. Give me wisdom to see where the devil is working and courage to confront it. But more than that, help me to know Your voice — to obey You fully and trust You completely. Train me to fight with precision and power, and never forget who sends me into battle. In Jesus’ name — amen.
This is just what I needed!!! Thank you for your obedience in sending it out!!! It’s right on time!!!