There fell down many slain, because the war was of God.
"Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is sure... The Lord saveth not by many nor by few; it is ours to go forth in Jehovah's name if we be but a handful of men, for the Lord of Hosts is with us for our Captain. They did not neglect buckler, and sword, and bow, neither did they place their trust in these weapons; we must use all fitting means, but our confidence must rest in the Lord alone, for he is the sword and the shield of his people. The great reason of their extraordinary success lay in the fact that 'the war was of God.'" -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
We must neither misplace our weapons nor place our faith in them.
We must neither neglect them nor obsess in our cares for them.
We must fight the good fight which must mean fighting His battles. We must not devote any of our armory to other altercations. We must fight entrusting the victory to Him since it is His to win, but we must pick up our weapons in faith.
We do not entrust the battle to the Lord by refusing to fight or merely musing on fighting.
We entrust the battle to the Lord by actually brandishing our weapons and marching boots on the ground in faith to the front lines where and when His trumpet blasts.
May we walk in faith as we rise to His warhorn.
May we walk in faith as we rise to His warhorn.
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