"When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you." ~Deuteronomy 20:1, NIV
When the Israelites took over their promised land, they had to fight wars to get God's promise. Nowadays we usually try to avoid war; try to avoid killing unnecessarily. But that doesn't mean we don't have to fight against enemies.
Politicians have to fight to get to the top. People with careers have to fight their way through a myriad of jobs before they can achieve their dreams. Novelists have to fight publishers and their own poor editing to get that book on the shelf. Some of these fights seem ridiculous, but there's one that every Christian fights that is life and death.
It's the fight against Satan.
On one hand, it sucks to fight Satan because he is the dirtiest fighter in the business, and he knows every single trick and tactic to get you to trip up. And if you've tripped once, he doesn't have to work half as hard to get you to trip again, and again, and again. He's got all the power of Hell and millenia of practice at tricking humans into miffing our relationship with God. When you fight him and see all of his victories all over the world, the wars he's started, the messed up people he's marred, the trends he sets... it seems like his army might be greater than yours.
But this verse says that when you see that army, you are not to be afraid. You aren't to get intimidated, you are to remember that God promises to be with you. And God himself, let alone the armies of Heaven, is enough to take down that filthy scumbag.
And He will help you.
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