In the military, survival often depends on maintaining a "situational awareness" at all times. One must remain vigilant and alert - especially when engaging the enemy. The battlefield is no place for complacency,  lethargy or apathy.  It could be the difference between life and death.

As saints - our enemy is ever vigilant,  looking for any opening, any opportunity to oppress, attack and defeat us. We too must maintain  "situational awareness" at all times. Ant occult activity or items, books or movies, etc. must be avoided for they will open doors to our enemy to defeat us. A spiritual house cleaninh may be in order. A heart check up with Dr. Jesus may be necessary. We must not concede any territory to the enemy - rather, we must take ground from him. We must study him, we must be "wise as serpents", we must learn his strategies well. We must keep our armor in good working order and become adept at wielding the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. Weilding the Word is never for the pastor alone but for every one. Everyone should be able to preach and teach the Word. We must also be able to recognise the enemy's voice for he tries to mimic God's voice but we know to test the spirits. Amen.