I started to memorize Psalm 119:98. It says, “You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me.” My mind went to believers in countries that are hostile to the gospel. They have enemies because of the cross.

All believers have the enemies of our souls. In Ephesians 6 Paul gave us the whole armor of God because of them. Verse 12 says, “For we do not wrestle agains flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

Then the Holy Spirit gave me another way. We often make enemies because of our fleshly reactive behavior. All actions are the fruit of our thoughts. We either dishonor the Lord with them, or our godly behavior exemplifies Him to others.

Hebrews 1:3 says of Jesus, “Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person…” The Greek word for express image is charakter. As we live out God’s word in our lives, our character will reflect His.