We Have Enemies:  The first enemy is ourselves.  We are our own worst enemy when we fail to properly process our despair, decide to take a long nap or stay vision-less and apathetic toward the future.

Friends and associates can also hold us back.  Sometimes they become uncomfortable when we are willing to take reasonable risks that they are not willing to take.  They may try to discourage us in order to remain comfortable with their own state of mediocrity.  This is a great contrast to those in our life who encourage us when we make difficult decisions.  Those are our real friends.

There is also spiritual resistance.  This kind of resistance is unseen but clearly felt. The Apostle Paul described it in the Bible when he wrote, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”  Paul make it very clear that we deal with a warfare that is not against people, but against the spiritual powers that operate behind the scenes through people.