Battle ready

Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:3

Am fear nach gheidh na h-airm 'nam na sìth, Cha bhi iad aige 'n am a chogaidh"

("Who keeps not his arms in time of peace, will have no arms in time of war")

Gaelic Proverb

Our readiness is for action always.

Attacks against our families, our churches, our schools, our nation, attacks of a spiritual nature against righteousness & justice are constant yet we are not...

We have become about self, self preservation, our needs, our wants, our luxuries come before the needs of others and more worryingly the commands of God.

Self is the source of all sin!

🔹 I need 

🔸 I want

🔹 I can

🔸 I know

🔹 I must

There is no room for self in Gods Kingdom, in his ranks there is His Word & we act, no room for greed, lust & selfish desires. We have to be ready for the fight!

We have to be at the ready to protect our buddy’s back.

They come first.

Per 1 John 3:16,

we are ready to lay down our lives for our friends....

As soldiers for Christ nothing is to get in our way or wavier our call. With focus, we never ever lose sight of what is important the soldier on your left, the soldier on your right. Our brothers & sisters in Christ & our potential brothers and sisters in Christ. Every human being has worth in our thinking and doing. We are prepared to die for them if it’s necessary – that is our true calling; our duty.

As a soldier, a righteous warrior we must;

🔸honour God

🔹be faithful to his church

🔸obey his Word

🔹do his will. Always.

As Christians, we have one goal to live for and to glorify God

(why did God create Adam? for this very reason. Knowing our role in Gods plan allows us to return to how things should be).

The chief way we do this is by living as sacrifices, pure and holy. Not every sacrifice means death but always discomfort, our comfort zones are where we chose to be but not where God needs us to be (see earlier blog "Location Location Location).

Being a soldier for Christ is the one true calling we all have.

Why does God allow suffering?

Steel needs to be tested!

God has faith in us, we can become forged by adversity! We are made stronger for the battles on the horizon.