Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my
God!" —John 20:28
{CHAMBERS} “You
shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). “That means lives of pure,
uncompromising, and unrestrained devotion to the Lord Jesus, which will be
satisfying to Him wherever He may send us. […] The goal of the call of God is
His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not
sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles.”
{ELGIN} Self-absorbed, we limit our service to the
Lord. We pick our battles rather than fight
where the Lord sends us. I recall a quote from General George Patton, “I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.” (2
Timothy 2:4) “No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs,
but rather tries to please his commanding officer.” Whether in the military or
as a Christian, we have sworn our allegiance to a higher authority. That should mean that we serve in obedience
to the commands we receive.
It has been almost a year and a half since we returned from
Haiti. For 10 years we lived a different life.
Forsaking a comfortable lifestyle and serving others being our primary
purpose. It is amazing how easy it is to slip back into a comfortable
lifestyle. Letting the demands of living in abundance take on a prominence in
our lives that has been absent for so many years. We still serve the Lord, but the intensity of
that service has changed. The things of this world can be intoxicating. They can cause well-intentioned Christians to
abandon their devotion to the Lord and, instead, give their devotion to financial
security, a lack of physical want, a life of relative ease. Are there battles
that you have said you would not fight?
In the Army if you intentionally miss a deployment there are severe consequences. Be careful you don’t let “civilian affairs” entangle
you and cause you to miss the Lord’s call. To wherever that may be.
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