Most conversations in a bible study will
eventiually drift to the "purpose discussion". So I would ask -
Who are you, and why are you here?
It seems so many guys want that answered as no one has ever told
them. That is the job of a father, but today many otherwise good men
do not seem to have fathers.
WHO ARE YOU?
WHY ARE YOU HERE??
To answer "I'm Bob, or Bill....or Gabe" for that matter seems silly.
Who are you really...and by extension...Why are you really here? A
modern domesticated picnic basket-carrying "nice guy" might answer,
"I'm Phil and I'm here because my wife tells me to go". Sound
familiar? No I say!!
When asked WHO ARE YOU??, A Christian Warrior would answer -
I Am A Mighty Man Of God and I Am
Here To Fight And Resist Evil Wherever I Find It.
What a difference!!! It is a simple matter of clarity of mission and
purity of focus. You need not go hunt for a job....God will bring
one to you. And once you have been given your orders by the General
of Generals...the Lord God of Hosts, you pick up your cross and move
out.
This may be as simple and safe as teaching young kids about true
Christianity on Sunday, or running your business as an
uncompromising Christian leader. It may deal with teaching those
whom God has called to the sword how to use it, or it may involve
other things. Then again, God may make it far simpler and place you
at ground zero of the next Virginia Tech shooting....or the next
Flight 93. Be alert....and ready!
To serve with distinction, you must serve with your heart and your
mind....all of it.
The next question may be WHAT DO
YOU WANT?
A common secular man may ask for a Plasma TV, or to be liked by his
shallow, spiritless, and undeserving co-workers. Not the Christian
Warrior. His calling is higher
than the approval of others. A Christian Warrior wants
FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE.
The freedom provided by the gift of the Warrior Of Warriors, the
Lord Jesus Christ. FREEDOM!!
I might add that we are also to emulate
the Lord Jesus. Quite true!
He is the Lamb, but He is also the Lion. We have been
"lambized" so much we seem to have forgotten the ferocity of the
lion. To many, the Lamb is comfortable, and safe, and cuddly,
while the Lion is wild and unpredictable. Don't forget the Lion.
We were born for battle....the greatest battle history has ever
known. The battle between good and evil. The enemy wants us
passive, secular pumpkin boys who are nice and sedate and who
afraid of the fierce lion God has placed in our hearts, and
convinces us to suppress it daily.
Do not fall to the lie brothers...embrace the Lion's ferocity.
And if you are skilled and you are strong, never forget that it
is by His hand that you are these things. Being proud of what
God has called you to do is one thing...being arrogant is quite
another.
Blessed be the Lord my rock
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle.
Psalm 144;1
And finally, WHERE ARE YOU
GOING? That should be an easy one. I am going to join the
army of the Lord in Revelations 19:11. I am going to Heaven with my
God. That is the ultimate destination of my journey, and yours!
Those are the answers of a clear mind, a clear mission and a pure
focus. Far too many of our brothers live by accident and have no
real objectives in their lives. If that is you wake up! Snap out of
the egalitarian opiate of the modern age and awake to your Christian
Warrior heritage.
You have your orders, and God is watching..