Beloved,
our Cause is a worthy and noble one, for we serve the King of
Kings.
“We
will be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like a mensch, and be
strong.”
1
Cor 16:13 JCB
We
fight a tenacious and cunning enemy whose mission is to kill and destroy
all
humankind.
"Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus."
Revelation 12:17
So we are called
to
go out
and
fight Evil,
to
share the Good News
which
is a call to physically go and serve
in
dark and dirty and dangerous places
a
call to ongoing spiritual warfare
a
call to mental resilience
and
emotional maturity.
It
is not an easy call.
It
includes great loss,
deep
grief,
sickness,
and
pain;
We
give up "Possibilities of success" in other endeavors,
all
for the sake of knowing Christ and making Him known.
Because
We
will not sit by and passively accept evil;
nor
will we ignore it or pretend it doesn’t exist.
We
will call evil by its name and exercise spiritual authority over
it.
The
weapons of our warfare have divine power to crush enemy strongholds.
We
are protected by the armor of God and weapons of light,
which
is Christ.
We
will keep steady in faith
in
God’s power
which
gives us victory
over
the powers of darkness.
Yahweh
says this to you,
“Do
not be afraid, do not be daunted by this vast horde; this battle is not yours
but God’s.”
(2
Chronicles 20:15-17)
This
day,
this
place,
this
generation,
we
are resolved
to
engage in battle and fight and destroy
the
Gates of Hell in our neighborhoods,
wherever
and whenever we see them
by
bringing the cup of cold water of His peace and His Love.
We
engage the powers of darkness using Christ's power in us and through us to
rescue men, women, and children who have been taken captive,
whether
from
the
Tambora slums of Jakarta,
the
militarized Kabul city,
San
Pedro Sula's murder capital of the world,
Vermont
covered in a haze of drugs,
Angola
and Burundi stricken with drought,
Tallinn,
a place of drug and human trafficking
the
unsafe areas of Europe where refugees fight for survival,
a
world gone mad with drugs and guns and leaders drunk on power, death and
destruction;
We
go together, as brothers and sisters of His Family
which
places no value on the shade of skin color
or
the shape of one’s eyes
and
which knows
no
ethnic boundaries,
no
higher caste,
no
royalty,
no
patron
no
slave
only
Christ and His Spirit in us.
We
are his family whether from
Manchester,
or
Moscow,
or
Memphis,
or
Masterton,
or
Mumbasa,
or
Mumbai,
or
Mussafah,
or
Macau,
or
Montreal,
or
Munich.
We
move forward for our Eternal King and His Good Kingdom.
We
will not stop until our bodies lay in the dust and He takes us Home.
We
serve a God of Peace who will crush Satan under our feet.
(Rom
16:20).
So
we will take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God
and
war on behalf of Righteousness.
There
is no armor for our back sides,
so
we will not shrink back
cease,
turn
away,
or
be still,
but
we will be
alert,
sober,
and
vigilant.
We
will choose
with
joy
to
face
dangers,
endure
sufferings,
persevere
in persecutions,
be
gracious in sicknesses,
until
death closes our eyes.
We
will be characterized as
Men
women
boys
and girls
with
courageous
combat faith,
with
a wartime mentality,
and
transcendent joy,
who
will do the right thing even when we are afraid
and
with
the heart of our King.
Keep your eyes open,
hold tight to your convictions,
give it all you've got,
be resolute,
and love without stopping.
I Corinthians 16:13 The MSG
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