One of the most difficult realities for me to come to grips with in the Christian life is the reality that Satan will spill my "soul's blood" using other believers to do it. In general, it is easy for me to say (i.e. the tally isn't even close) that I have suffered emotionally and spiritually more at the hands of believers than I ever experienced from unbelievers. Most of them may be ignorant and apathetic ("I don't know & I don't care"), but they rarely cut me to the heart.
Little did I realize when I began my walk with the Lord as a teenager decades ago that most of the "flesh and blood" realities of Ephesians 6:12 would be from other believers.
Do I sound a little jaded? Well, I am! I just returned from one of the most disillusioning experiences of my life. My cynical flesh reminds me that I should have anticipated this, but I didn't. I was thoroughly blindsided, and I'm still reeling from it and embarrassed for others.
I don't "suffer fools" well, so I have an even greater difficulty forgiving them. I find it easier to forgive immorality than I do stupidity, but my course is clear. My flesh wants to ridicule them, give them a piece of my mind, and warn my flock, but my heart knows its duty. If the Lord has bid them "Be dumb!" I must give way.
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