Life is like a game of chess
Us versus the evil one, or they, whatever.
What I have noticed about life is that it seems to be
played by a set of unknown rules. The players of this
game (good vs evil) seem to be bound by these rules
in such a way that at any instance there are a limited
amount of things that can be done to affect the game.
The human players are affected by the non human
players in a manner determined by how many move points
that they have left. In chess, if you want to figure out
who is winning you count up who has the most pieces
and you also give points for the best positions. For
instance, a pawn on the 7th rank is worth much more
than a pawn on the 2nd rank.
The game that we are part of has officially been going
on for a few thousand years and I suspect that the
enemy has used up too many power points and can
not afford to be wasteful. If that is so, then there may
be a weakness in his game plan that can be exploited.
As Christians, two of the weapons that we need to use
are the weapons of perservance and patience.When the
enemy is hitting us hard and it seems that we are not
getting anywhere, remember that he is using up his last
available moves and his game will soon be lost. Anything
that we try to do for the cause helps to win the game even
when it seems that we are not getting anywhere.