Welcome to the Marines
Yesterday was a blah day, I wrote on my facebook and people prayed for me. I dont know what makes it a blah day. I have been praying because I feel that the enemy has been attacking me and our church in different ways, mostly what the pastor from Romania talked about sunday in “isolation” we need each other. I think I just want to figure it out, but the reality is, I know that I am in a war! The days of easiness are dangerous, the days when I don’t feel the attacks soften me. I need to do more push ups and sit ups both physically and spiritually. Sometimes I think “Lord, this is hard!” and???? I think Jesus would say back to me, did I ever say it would be anything else?
I was reading Crazy Love, here is a quote - “When I was in high school, I seriously considered joining the Marines; this was when they first came out with commercials for “the few, the proud, the Marines.” What turned me off was that in those advertisements, everyone was always running. Always. And I hate running.
But you know what? I didn’t bother to ask if they would modify the rules for me so I could run less, and maybe also do fewer push-ups. That would’ve been pointless and stupid, and I knew it. Everyone knows that if you sign up for the Marines, you have to do whatever they tell you. They own you.” Francis Chan
As a man I want to fight for what I believe, thank you Lord that you never promised it would be easy, thankyou Lord that I see that you are reminding me of the battle, I want to fight better today, I trust that you have overcome the world and so have I as I put on the full armor of God this morning, I know I have the Victory in Jesus - goodbye blah days, I am aware of the battle again, train me in your word today that I can swing the sword of the Spirit with accuracy! Amen
