Pray for Our President Week - Day 4

Today's post is pretty much a follow-up of yesterday's. The Lord laid it on my heart during my church's Pray for Our President Week prayer meeting last night to post this explanation.

We have to realize that the battle for our president's soul (or that of any unsaved person) is, as the passage in Ephesians 6 points out, not one against flesh and blood, but against satan himself. This does not leave President Obama innocent in the eyes of God, because he still chooses his actions, (if it did leave him innocent, we would have no reason to pray for his salvation.) but it does mean that we have to be prepared for the attacks of satan.
The enemy is not going to ignore the people of God across this nation joining together with one common purpose and goal of prayer for one man's salvation. He is not going to take lightly the salvation of the most influential man in the United States of America. Satan knows perfectly well how powerfully God can and will work through the prayers of His people. He is going to attack and attempt to destroy our effort in whatever way he can. I've seen his attack in my own life - I can't ever remember a time when I got so angry so easily as I have been this week - and I'm sure I'm not the only one who can attest to that.
This is why we are called to put our trust in the armor of God, because He alone can destroy the fiery darts of satan. When the devil attacks our efforts to do the will of God, especially this week as we are committed to praying for President Barack Obama's salvation, we cannot allow him to stop us. Instead, we must focus our attention even more on "praying without ceasing," because the God we serve is infinitely more powerful than the enemy who seeks to defeat us. Jesus Christ alone can preserve our lives and our faith in Him, and He alone can redeem the president of the United States. Thank You Jesus!