The class in martial arts that I teach each week went great. I was teaching evasion and speed drills tonight, along with some stick fighting and unarmed knife defense techniques.

I still say the same thing I'm told Bruce Lee used to tell his students. The best defense against a knife attacker is to put as much distance between yourself and the attacker as you possibly can. Trying to defend yourself against one is a pretty desperate act and pretty foolhardy, even if your skill level is high.

The simple fact is that an edged weapon has to get close enough to you to make contact and cut or pierce. Putting safe distance between yourself and the attacker's weapon just makes sense. It has nothing to do with cowardice. It has to do with keeping yourself undamaged.

I remember Bill Cosby making jokes about wanting to be attacked when he was a young karate student, so he said he would walk down dark allies with $20 bills hanging out of his pockets. (Laughing here)

It would be nice if we could always see the attacks of the enemy coming. They would be much easier to avoid, but there are ways of making sure we don't invite attacks.

There are things and places in this world where avoidance for us should be obvious. But for the unseen or unexpected arrows that fly in from the enemy we need to have sufficient shielding to protect ourselves.

In the case of unseen spiritual attacks, distance doesn't really make a difference. We have the spiritual armour of the Almighty to put on, and His assurance that whatever attack the enemy brings to us in the form of temptation is nothing that is uncommon, and that He will provide a way of escape.

Isn't that a wonderful assurance to have?

1st Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Eph 6:1111 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.