Daily Bread - Why the Enemy Isn’t Your Biggest Problem - January 21, 2026

Why the Enemy Isn’t Your Biggest Problem

Most believers spend a lot of energy trying to figure out what the enemy is doing, when Scripture keeps pointing us back to something closer to home. Not the devil’s strength, but our position. Not his activity, but our posture.
Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 6 reframes spiritual warfare in a way that is often missed. He does not describe a frantic church chasing darkness. He describes a grounded church refusing to move. The emphasis is not on advancing aggressively, but on standing intentionally.
That alone should slow us down.
Before Paul ever talks about armor, warfare, or resistance, he starts with connection. “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.” Strength, in Paul’s mind, is not something we manufacture. It is something we remain connected to. Weakness is not a failure of faith. Disconnection is.
This is why so many believers feel drained without feeling attacked. It is possible to love God, believe truth, and still live spiritually unplugged. Nothing dramatic happens. No collapse. Just a gradual dimming. Like a light that was never designed to fight darkness, only to stay connected to power.
Paul then moves to the armor, not as symbolism, but as intention. “Put on” implies choice. Deliberate awareness. A daily decision to dress for resistance even when the day looks ordinary. Most spiritual drift does not happen in crisis. It happens in comfort.
The enemy’s strategy is not force. Scripture calls it methodia, methodical pressure over time. Patterns that feel normal. Rhythms that slowly replace hunger with routine. Not enough to make us run from God, just enough to keep us from standing firmly in Him.
This is why Paul repeatedly uses one word: stand.
Stand against.
Withstand.
And having done all, stand.
The battle is not won by volume, emotion, or intensity. It is won by remaining established. Paul never instructs believers to reclaim authority because authority was already secured through Christ. The danger is not loss of power, but loss of position.
Scripture makes this clear elsewhere. James tells believers to resist, not chase. Hold ground, not hunt darkness. Victory is not something we generate. It is something we occupy.
This is where many believers unknowingly step backward. Not through rebellion, but neglect. Not through sin, but drift. Slowly loosening grip. Slowly adjusting posture. Slowly surrendering ground that was already won.
But the invitation today is not fear. It is clarity.
Christ is in you.
Authority has been given.
Victory has been secured.
The question Scripture keeps asking is simple and sobering: will you stand?
Not loudly.
Not emotionally.
But faithfully.
Because in this season, strength is not measured by how much noise we make, but by how firmly we remain planted in what Christ has already accomplished.

B – Be aware
Notice where your spiritual posture has shifted. Where have you become casual instead of intentional?

R – Reconnect
Return to daily connection with God, not out of duty, but dependency.

E – Examine
Ask the Spirit to reveal where drift has quietly replaced devotion.

A – Adjust
Make one deliberate choice to stand your ground again.

D – Dwell
Remain there. Don’t rush past it. Let strength be sustained, not sparked.

You don’t need more authority.
You need steadier posture.
Stand.