NLDS, October 12, 2009. The temperature was in the upper 40's at game time and dropping by the minute, too cold to play baseball, yet two pitchers prepared for battle. The two aces of their respective clubs, Cliff Lee of the Phillies and Ubaldo Jimenez of the Rockies, prepared to lead their teams to victory. This night, neither would record the win.
However, both pitchers put their teams in a position to prevail (the Phillies won in the ninth on Ryan Howard's two run double sending them to the NLCS against the Dodgers).
Every day we are engaged in battle.
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 English Standard Version
Behind the struggle with spouse, coworker and self is the real enemy: the demonic forces that would lead us away from Jesus Christ.
To prepare for battle, both Jimenez and Lee have their pregame routine that never wavers. What's our "pregame" routine for the daily struggle?
May we find prayer, meditation on God's Word and fellowship with other Christians as ways to be prepared for today's battle.
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