(credit: Varsha Salome)
No mollycoddling!
God wants His people to be strong. Putting their trust in Him, yes, but battle fit and ready to fight if need be – not weaklings. The Psalmist writes: “He teaches my hands to make war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.” We can see a similar strain of tutelage in the book of Hebrews:” Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil”.
If you find that there are still some nations left in the land that God has promised you, it is with a good reason. Don’t complain if the Lord hasn’t given you complete victory yet, fight!
Are you trained to wield the sword of the Spirit?
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*12 Aug, setting 1 January as Day 1