They want us to believe everything the mainstream media funnels to us. They want us to believe everything happening now is random and arbitrary. That none of it actually means anything beyond the level of the material. They want us to believe in nothing but the external, and they want us to act and think in ways that reflect that there is nothing beyond the external.
At every turn, the dark powers strive to undermine and sabotage our personal intuition and discernment. They work diligently to jam and sever the communication lines between us and the Divine and substitute these lines of communication with their own insidious manipulations and lies.
Their efforts are readily comprehensible. If they can keep the spiritual war hidden in plain sight, they can effectively separate us from Reality and efficiently lock us into the machinations of their anti-reality.
One method I use to acknowledge the spiritual war - to help keep it in the proper perspective - is to utter or think three simple words - I see you - every time I detect or discern Satanic influence or activity in the world around me (and within myself!).
For example, the other day I drove past a billboard featuring a pudgy-faced, bespectacled medical expert pushing the peck as a global panacea.
I see you.
Later that same day, I received workplace email that informed me of the reintroduction of mask mandates and social distancing on campus.
I see you.
An hour later, I read an email from a friend who told me about looming shortages at his local grocery stores.
I see you.
Before going home, a colleague bitterly complained about the unpecked and blamed them for the reintroduction of mask mandates.
I see you.
On Sundays when the local priest praises the peck program and the Church's stance on the issue.
I see you.
This little three-word confirmation has helped to keep the spiritual war in perspective. It reminds me that the things I experience everyday are not random, accidental, arbitrary, or meaningless. It reminds me consider the whole picture and to see situations and experiences in their proper relation and proportion to everything else.
Having said that, it's important to note that "I see you" also works as an affirmation of Good and the active acknowledgement of Divine activity.
Whenever I encounter an individual who recognizes the deeper spiritual implications of all that is transpiring now.
I see you.
When I read a blog post or article that not only speaks truth and reality, but has been obviously influenced by the Divine self of the author or the Divine working through the author.
I see you.
When I arrive home after work and kiss my wife and son after they happily ask me how my day went, despite everything.
I see you.
When I look upon a sunset and feel the last warm rays bathe my face before the sun sinks below the horizon.
I see you.
When I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in places I would least expect it.
I see You. I see You. I see You.
More than that, I want You to know that I see You in the same way You see me.
I see you.
These three words not only help keep the spiritual war in the proper perspective, but they may also help our side in ways we can barely imagine.