The Lazy Warrior

 

I have been in war for along time.  When I first entered the war, I was skeptical about it.  I didn’t really see much happening, so I shrugged it off as unimportant. It is kind of like the security job for some, that all they do is nothing…

That is how I viewed my part in the war.  I did not have a big part, I was not on the front lines.  As a matter of fact, I seemed so unaware that it was as though I wasn’t in a war at all. 

As time went on, for various reasons, I became so complacent do to the lack of active fighting, that I forgot that I was even a warrior.  I was in the back lines anyway….

Not only did I become complacent, but I forgot how to use my weapons!  Or even think the weapons were important.  What a big mistake, because it is in that place, that the enemy can sneak up on you and capture you and take you hostage to his evil desires and make you slave to his agenda.

Christians, stand up!  There is a war!  And you are in it like it or not!  As a warrior I thought it was good enough to just read my Bible in the morning and I was “protected” for the day.  Not so! 

Fellow Soldiers, do you know what that is like?  It is like laying your sword down in front of you on the battle lines (in a real battle) and thinking that will guard you.  That is absurd!  Laughable even….no body would do that!

No!  A warrior, or soldier uses his sward .  He keeps it in his hands in battle and uses it constantly against the enemy.  That is how we are to be in Spiritual Warfare!  Don’t just lay your Bible out there and think that will guard  your heart, mind and mouth.  No!  the devil laughs at it, steps over it and seeks to devour you.

You must, pick up you Bible and use it like a sword against the enemy…the whole battle through, then you will have Victory as a Mighty Warrior!   Know your weapon well. Keep it with you at all times.  Use as needed.  Don’t go to battle empty handed!  God’s Word is our Weapon!

Don’t be a lazy Warrior

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
  Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Ephesians 6:10-17