Be A Man - Do The Right Thing
Men.
Soldiers of the faith.
We are in the middle of a massive battle over something more important than land, territory, physical rights or freedom. For millennia, a spiritual battle unseen by many has been raging on - a battle for the salvation of souls for all eternity. A battle for the glory of God in heaven. On our own strength, we are no match for our enemy - he is powerful, cunning, relentless, and will stop at nothing to destroy us. But with God's strength, all things are possible and victory is ensured.
I look around and find myself in a house of young men, taking a "break from life" to play video games to ridiculous hours of the evening. Don't get me wrong, we need to rest and the Sabbath is a great time to do so. But are we neglecting other important responsibilities? Are we losing the eternal battle by doing so? Are we guilty of laziness, complacency and being lukewarm - people that make our God and commander-in-chief so sick that He wants to vomit.
So often we play war-related video games and we don't even realize that the battle for our souls is being lost at the very same time. An evangelistic evening approaches and yet, not a single young man turned up to church to pray for the event a week prior.
Should we be praying on our own? YES!
Should we also unite together in corporate prayer? YES!
What does this say about our resolve? Do we think that we stand a chance on our own??? I hope not. Victory is only possible by the grace of our LORD in heaven. We can only win if we depend 100% on the power of the Holy Spirit to fight the good fight - to fight long, to fight hard, to never give up until the mission is over. And our mission - to love God, to love our neighbours, to preach the gospel, to make disciples, to act justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly before the sovereign CREATOR of the UNIVERSE - is not complete.
In wartime, deserters are SHOT for abandoning their duties...
I do not speak down from my high horse but instead plead with my brothers in arms - I've been struck down so many times after giving into the temptations of the flesh. We cannot do this alone. We need to be united in this fight. When someone falls, we pick them up. When someone surges forward, we provide cover and support and follow in after them. Nobody gets left behind.
If we have time to play then we have time to pray.
Because if we don't play, we may miss out on a few hours of self-indulgence and enjoyment. But if we don't pray and get help from God, we may be defeated in the battle for our souls for all eternity...AND not just us, but we will allow countless other souls to be lost as well...
Time to MAN UP
We are in the middle of a massive battle over something more important than land, territory, physical rights or freedom. For millennia, a spiritual battle unseen by many has been raging on - a battle for the salvation of souls for all eternity. A battle for the glory of God in heaven. On our own strength, we are no match for our enemy - he is powerful, cunning, relentless, and will stop at nothing to destroy us. But with God's strength, all things are possible and victory is ensured.
I look around and find myself in a house of young men, taking a "break from life" to play video games to ridiculous hours of the evening. Don't get me wrong, we need to rest and the Sabbath is a great time to do so. But are we neglecting other important responsibilities? Are we losing the eternal battle by doing so? Are we guilty of laziness, complacency and being lukewarm - people that make our God and commander-in-chief so sick that He wants to vomit.
So often we play war-related video games and we don't even realize that the battle for our souls is being lost at the very same time. An evangelistic evening approaches and yet, not a single young man turned up to church to pray for the event a week prior.
Should we be praying on our own? YES!
Should we also unite together in corporate prayer? YES!
What does this say about our resolve? Do we think that we stand a chance on our own??? I hope not. Victory is only possible by the grace of our LORD in heaven. We can only win if we depend 100% on the power of the Holy Spirit to fight the good fight - to fight long, to fight hard, to never give up until the mission is over. And our mission - to love God, to love our neighbours, to preach the gospel, to make disciples, to act justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly before the sovereign CREATOR of the UNIVERSE - is not complete.
In wartime, deserters are SHOT for abandoning their duties...
I do not speak down from my high horse but instead plead with my brothers in arms - I've been struck down so many times after giving into the temptations of the flesh. We cannot do this alone. We need to be united in this fight. When someone falls, we pick them up. When someone surges forward, we provide cover and support and follow in after them. Nobody gets left behind.
If we have time to play then we have time to pray.
Because if we don't play, we may miss out on a few hours of self-indulgence and enjoyment. But if we don't pray and get help from God, we may be defeated in the battle for our souls for all eternity...AND not just us, but we will allow countless other souls to be lost as well...
Time to MAN UP
Labels: God Thoughts, Random
posted by Matt at 9:52 PM
5 Comments:
thanks matt! good blog
That was the first time we did that, and prob less in the future the better! good to hang with the boys
Amen brother. we need to live each day as soldiers of God. Jesus has ultimately won the war, but there's still countless battles to be fought until that final victory day.
Reading this has been so uplifting to my downtrodden soul. :) Thanks Matt!
AMEN BRO~!!
"fighting for purity,"
.. I'm not sure if tha's sumthin we'r s'pose 2 fight 4 vs. sumthin we hav ALREADY BEEN GIVEN in Christ.
Reading owsum book right now - hope 2 share sum of it wif u nxt time we catch up!
Kp lookin 2 Jesus as your purity - I'm sure we both know purity is NOT sumthin we can [successfully] fight for, i mean, SURELY we've failed enough times to make that obvious :P
Let's keep turning AWAY FROM OURSELVES, OUR EFFORTS, RESOLVES, ETC & LOOK TO JESUS & TRUST HIM to be our life, purity & ALL :)
Kp feeding ur mind with Phil 4:8 stuff :)
Rom 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
love Aye-bul, Your Friend in Prayer =D
The one concern of the devil
is to keep Christians from praying.
He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion.
He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.
We have to stop looking at prayer
as the spare tire in the trunk
and start seeing it as the steering wheel.
-- S.D. Gordon
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