Fighting the Good Fight...Winning for the Lord!

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, then you know some of the tactics of our adversary as we wage war against our enemy, the Devil. It is a war where he is trying to pick us off one at a time; having us turn on our fellow Christians by casting doubt and throwing aspersions at our brothers and sisters in Christ,  who may be losing a particular battle but need our help and support rather than our finger-pointing.

But because we belong to Jesus and are soldiers in the battle of the ages, we only need look back to all the great warriors that have come before us in order to be encouraged that we are not fighting alone and that we may know that WE ARE NOT FIGHTING IN VAIN FOR WE ARE VICTORS IN CHRIST.

Now time and space prohibits me from calling out and listing all of the accomplishments of those who have battled and gone on to glory...to get just a inkling of some of these great warriors, go to the book of Hebrews, chapter 11 and read what I call the "Hall of Faith" chapter. Even the writer of Hebrews knew that it was almost impossible to call out for recognition all those that had fought the good fight and won the battle.

Still the war rages on... and even though these great warriors have gone to be with Jesus, there is a startling pronouncement at the end of chapter 11 that should help us stay the course and continue to fight the good fight and keep winning others to the living saving knowledge of the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, Jesus Christ.

The last verse of this chapter (along with my small insights) bears sharing; it says...

"And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith (they have built their awesome resume as a warrior due to their great faith), did not receive the promise, (they have eternal life but have not received the promise of Christ's return), God having provided something better for us, (Jesus is in Heaven with a beautiful place prepared for us) that they should not be made perfect apart from us (the coming Rapture when we all be changed and meet the Lord in the air). Hebrews 11: 39-40 (Parentheses include my interpretations)

As a former military person, I was trained, along with all of my comrades, to enter battle with one over-arching thought....destroy the enemy, accomplish the objective and return to base with my brothers in arms all intact. We were never trained to hope for a good outcome but to lay it all on the line for those who served on either side of us....and that should be our mentality in this war that we are waging call life.

We are here to serve our commander -in-chief, Jesus, and to be ready to do all we can for any of our brothers and sisters who are fighting alongside of us. We need to take care of our wounded; lift up our fallen; extol those who have lost the will to fight and carry those who can no longer battle on their own. We have the Holy Spirit as our battalion commander and He will direct our efforts as we listen and obey His direction...and we know this, the VICTORY IS ALREADY OURS...and since those that have gone before have not yet received all they fought and died for, it is up to each of us to keep taking the fight to the enemy so that one day, we will all be made...

PERFECT... so that we may dwell in a perfect place with our perfect Savior, Lord and Master, Jesus Christ...the Perfecter of our Faith!

Gear Up...Let's do battle for Jesus,

WPQ