We must not fall into the pit of thinking that our own ingenuity or intelligence will help us to somehow work our ways through it. Since this is a spiritual battle, we must have spiritual weapons. We’ve spent some time exploring what the Bible says about our spiritual warfare and the weapons and armor we are to use. We are up against an enemy stronger and more numerous than we are, but we have all the resources and authority of heaven itself behind us. The police officer had authority, and the guys on steroids didn’t.” Here’s what you and I need to pull from that story for our lives today. But this situation had nothing to do with size and strength. Then Ingram asks, “Why on earth did two enormous bullies submit to a very small woman? In any other situation, that confrontation could have been disastrous. Ingram said that he had “never seen two burly drunk guys get sober so fast.” They got up against the car, legs spread, arms behind their backs. Do you understand?” They hesitated, and then she put her hand on her revolver. I’d like both of you over against the car right now. I’m authorized by Santa Cruz County to enforce the law. She pointed to her badge and said, “Excuse me. The petite female officer went straight up to the troublemakers and asked, “Gentlemen, do we have a problem here?” The two guys started in on her, but she immediately interrupted them. The problem was that the officer was a four-foot-eleven woman, much smaller than any of the guys standing there arguing with each other. Out stepped an officer ready to take charge of this situation before it got out of hand. Just a couple of minutes went by before a police cruiser pulled up to the curb with its lights flashing. Ingram said he didn’t want to get too close, but he was curious as to what was going to happen. The bouncer had called for the police to help with these guys, bigger and stronger than he was, who were drunk and getting more and more agitated by the minute.
Ingram tells that there are several bars on Pacific Avenue, and as he was walking down the street, he saw a couple of pretty big, muscular guys in T-shirts being confronted by the much smaller guy who was working as the bouncer for that bar. He was walking down Pacific Avenue, a popular place for people to go who are just enjoying the evening. He writes about a time when he was pastoring in Santa Cruz. Chip Ingram has written a book entitled The Invisible War.
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