Most people have a humanistic view of how life works. Even though Christians don’t like this terminology, many of them function day by day with this same mentality. By only looking on the surface level, they don’t recognize the spirit realm behind it all.

Humanists don’t acknowledge God. As a whole, they’re either agnostic or atheist—believing that everything in life has a natural, physical cause. It’s sad to say, but many Christians have this same attitude. They don’t realize the spiritual dynamics behind what’s happening in the physical realm.

We are in a spiritual battle! Every single day, there is a battle raging in the spirit realm for the heart of each individual person, society, and the world as a whole. God is trying to draw us toward Himself and righteousness. He’s trying to influence us to live consistently with Him so that His blessings can manifest in our lives. At the same time, Satan is trying to steal our hearts away from God. In an all-out battle against the Lord and His kingdom, the enemy is pouring all the trash and corruption he can into our lives. Most of us—even Christians—don’t recognize the intense battle being waged all around us each and every day. We don’t know the spiritual significance of our choices, words, and actions. We’re functionally ignorant of how these things determine whether we’re yielded to God and releasing His power and blessing into our lives, or yielded to Satan and releasing sin and death into our lives. (Rom. 6:16.)

The devil can’t control you outside of your will. However, your lack of awareness and understanding of the battle only works to his advantage. If you choose to believe God’s Word and learn to recognize what’s happening in the spirit realm, you can begin taking the proper action to improve your situation. You can cooperate with God to manifest His power and blessings.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

JAMES 4:7

You can resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Your passivity and lack of resistance doesn’t mean that the battle isn’t raging. It just simply means that you aren’t winning. Satan is beating you in this area.

The revelation of God’s Word contained in this book has the potential of transforming your life. As you begin to understand and exercise your authority as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, Satan will flee and God’s power and blessings will manifest in your life greater than ever before.