I was privileged to serve my community as a Law Enforcement Officer for over 17 years. During that time I had great times and not so great times. One of the most important aspects of the job is being paired up with a partner that you’re compatible with. Most times, compatibility isn’t an issue, but on rare occasions there are times when 2 officers just don’t mesh well together. I’ve had to work with partners who under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have chosen to work with.

But the great thing is that even through our differences, we had an understanding that I “had his back” and he had mine. We knew that if the crap hit the fan, we were going to do whatever it took to protect one another from whatever threat or attack came our way and that we both were going to go home safe.

Isn’t that mindset amazing? I often thought about this unspoken “agreement” my partner and I had as I was going through my divorce. How could it be that the bond to mutually protect and preserve one another could be so strong at work with an individual who wasn’t even a Christian and so weak at home with someone who professes to love the Lord? Think about military personnel, think about firefighters, and think about cops. The men and women who serve in these professions must endure violent and life threatening situations daily and the one commonality among them all first and foremost is the care and concern for their partners. Marriage is the only alliance that when the enemy rushes in like a flood and begins to attack, the partners turn around and begin shooting at one another!

Please pray with me that the church and particularly married couples comes to the realization as the scripture tells us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places – Ephesians 6:12

And remind us Lord that we aren’t sleeping with the enemy.