You’ve made some shrewd moves, even caused your opponent to squirm a bit. Then suddenly, as if out of nowhere, he says “checkmate!”. You look at your poor king surrounded by enemy chess pieces and you conclude that you have no move. There is no way out, and because you’re out of options, you concede victory and surrender.

We are talking about a game, but that sudden realization of “checkmate” also happens in real life. The enemy of our souls has arranged his pieces in such a way as to leave us no options but to surrender, or so it seems.

But wait! There is a way out. The wiles of the Devil are no match for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. The letter to the Ephesians even calls Him “The Spirit of Wisdom”.