God has called you. He prepared a way for you to come to Him. He is running down the road toward you.
Will you desperately pursue Him? Will you abandon all else to run to Him? Will you embrace the call that is drawing you home into His open arms?
The work of the cross behind us, the throne of God before us, will you heed the voice of God in your life, regardless of where it might lead you?
He did not call you to safety, security, comfort levels, or peace the way the world would understand these things.
He has called you out of darkness, He has called you out of death.
He has called you to war. He has called you to live dangerously. He has called you to action.
Wake up. Hear where He would have you go. Hear what He would have you do.
Step up, step out. Go!
And then, when you step across the door of eternity and stare the creator in the eyes you can hear these words that He will say to you...
"Well done. Enter into your rest."
Showing posts with label warfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warfare. Show all posts
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Unarmed Warrior
Men! Warriors for Christ!
Have we laid the weapons of our warfare at the feet of devil? Have we, in the pursuit of masculinity and manhood, taken that which God would use for our benefit and bought into the lie that those weapons are to effeminate?
What knight would hand over his sword to his enemy? What cop would hand over his gun to a criminal? They wouldn't. That would be crazy. Yet, so many Christian men have done exactly that.
You may be asking how have we done that. The answer is simple. We don't read our Bible, the very words that God inspired to be written to lead us into all truth. We don't pray, the very means that we can have direct communication with our maker. We don't worship, the very act that allows us to glorify our king.
These are our weapons. And the devil has done a great job of taking these things and feminizing them, as if to read your bible, or pray, or worship, were something that women are suppose to do. "To do it wouldn't be manly, and will only get me laughed at," we think to ourselves. It plays on that secret fear many men have, that of being good enough. So, we just lay them down, besides, as a man, we can do it without those things, right? Wrong.
Take a look around at the men in the church. What words come to mind when you see them? Courageous? Fearless? Powerful? Timid? Unattached? Unplugged?
I, for one, am tired of being the devil's chew toy, and I am reaching down to grab my weapons. If you are willing to take up yours (or if you are one that never has laid them down), pray for me, and others, that we can wake up and be the sleeping giant God has called His warriors to be.
Think about it...
Have we laid the weapons of our warfare at the feet of devil? Have we, in the pursuit of masculinity and manhood, taken that which God would use for our benefit and bought into the lie that those weapons are to effeminate?
What knight would hand over his sword to his enemy? What cop would hand over his gun to a criminal? They wouldn't. That would be crazy. Yet, so many Christian men have done exactly that.
You may be asking how have we done that. The answer is simple. We don't read our Bible, the very words that God inspired to be written to lead us into all truth. We don't pray, the very means that we can have direct communication with our maker. We don't worship, the very act that allows us to glorify our king.
These are our weapons. And the devil has done a great job of taking these things and feminizing them, as if to read your bible, or pray, or worship, were something that women are suppose to do. "To do it wouldn't be manly, and will only get me laughed at," we think to ourselves. It plays on that secret fear many men have, that of being good enough. So, we just lay them down, besides, as a man, we can do it without those things, right? Wrong.
Take a look around at the men in the church. What words come to mind when you see them? Courageous? Fearless? Powerful? Timid? Unattached? Unplugged?
I, for one, am tired of being the devil's chew toy, and I am reaching down to grab my weapons. If you are willing to take up yours (or if you are one that never has laid them down), pray for me, and others, that we can wake up and be the sleeping giant God has called His warriors to be.
Think about it...
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