The
Challenge: Put on your war paint!
1
Samuel 17
That
challenge above was posed to me at a conference I recently attended,
as the speaker was teaching about how we must sense the reality that
there is a war at hand. A spiritual war, behind the world's eye
view. Something we can't see but definitely can sense. The cool
part: I'm a part of God's army :) I am a SOLDIER! Hoorah!
How did I become a solider, you
ask? Well, it starts with this comment.... “God
doesn't want us to merely spectate in His war, He was us to
participate”.
On
that note, remember that God picks our playing spot. Think of a
sports team, and a coach. Most often, the coach gets to pick where
you play, and what position you'll be in. Well, so does God. (see my
last post, about serving where God puts us.)
Another
note: The moment we step away from the battle is the moment we lose
the battle. King David knows something about this, the day he chose
to stay home and not go to war. That was the day he lost the battle
against his flesh.... he saw Bathsheba. He lusted after Bathsheba.
And he sinned with Bathsheba – which effected his life forever and
effected the Israelites afterwards as well. He chose not to go to war
and because of that he had idle time and was left to his own devices!
He fell in sin! We can do the same thing, maybe not with a Bathsheba
but trust me, we can choose to stay home from God's war and just as
easily fall in sin as David did. Don't think you're exempt from
that, because everyone one is guilty. Sorry, but that's the truth.
So what does this mean? It means that we should be involved in God's
army, in His war, and be not afraid because if you are in God's will
then that's the safest place we can be. Ever.
God
wants us to trust Him so fully that we will commit ourselves to being
a soldier for Him, even if we don't know what that means yet. A
solider for God could mean serving Him at home, or over seas. It
could mean sharing your faith with every person you come in contact
with, or it could mean just simply being an example in your work
place, school, or club. God has a specific plan for every single
member of His army, He just simply wants us to COMMIT even if we
don't know what that will mean. “Soon
life with come and pass, only things done for Christ will last.”
So,
the challenge today is to GET YOUR WAR PAINT ON and go fight!! Go be
a Solider in God's army, surrender your life to Him and say “Lord,
use me. I don't care where or how, I just want to be involved. I want
to participate in this war that I already know You will win because
Your Word says You will win. Please use me.” That's all you have
to do to enlist – Pretty simple huh? GO GO GO, and may I
personally welcome you into the Lord's army my friend. Read Ephesians
6:10-18, there you will find your uniform for battle. Be ready to
endure hardship, and possibly death. But even more so, be ready to
see God face to face one day and have Him say “Well done, my good
and faithful servant.” That means more to me than anything in the
world. So welcome Soldier, serve and fight well.
God
bless, and blog soon
