There's enough weak kneed people out there who would abandon Him when hard times come but what does God want? What type of people does He need to fight for His Word, His glory?
He needs strong men and women.
Men and women who have faced hardships but have come out stronger on the other side.
Men and women who don't let difficulties bring them down.
Men and women who will put their life in danger to protect their King.
Men and women who are strong mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Men and women who are warriors.
God is recruiting soldiers for His army. He's seeing who amongst His people are loyal and steadfast. Who will stand up no matter what for Him. Who will stand face to face with the enemy and not be frightened because righteousness burns within him/her.
Lots of people volunteer willingly but give-up because boot camp is just too hard. Some don't even know that they've given up and have stopped trying. But this is YHVH's army. He's only accepting the best, the strongest, and the bravest to get to the top.
Do you want to be a civilian in God's Kingdom? Just living under His protection but never fully coming into His presence? Never fighting along side your King to rid the world of evil?
Or do you want to join His army and fight for the greater good?
If you choose the latter, great but it's not as simple as that. There's obviously different ranks in His army. The higher you get the bigger the responsibility you get. Are you ready to be tested? Do you want to remain at the bottom of the ranks or do you want to work your butt off to get to the top where the King trusts you inexplicably? The tippity-top of the ranks is where you are part of God's mighties. Where you stand right along side Him in the heat of the battle, where you are His right-hand man. Like Benaiah was to David.
It's easy to want that desire inside of you but whether you are prepared to work through the trials that gets sent your way is a completely different story.
To get to the top your strength will be put to the test. You loyalty will be tested too. In the midst of it all you may feel like your King really doesn't care about you, every now and then He may even look like the villain instead of the loving warrior you always thought He was. But those are just feelings. You have to be tested in this area because the enemy, when you're in battle will try to convince you that you've made a mistake in following the King.
So you need to be able to put your shield up when those arrows come flying towards you wanting to penetrate and destroy anything in its path.
But once you've passed all the tests and are proudly promoted to one of God's mighties you'll be glad that you didn't give up in the middle.
Sure from now on your life will be different , very different and a lot harder than when you were a civilian but it was all worth it because now your King trusts you with His Kingdom knowing that you'll never betray or leave Him. He knows that you hold His Torah most dear and will never discard it.
Having the King's trust is a treasure beyond compare!
So go out into the world now, follow Torah, declare truth and freedom and whatever comes your way never, ever forget the bigger reason why your God created you.
TO BE HIS WARRIOR
When you're going through tests don't give up.
Never give up!
They were all mighty men of valour ... a young mighty man of valour ... mighty men of valour ... men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do; ... they were not of double heart ... expert in war ... with a perfect heart ... (1 Chronicles 12)
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