Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? - Numbers 32:6
"Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions alone. We have received much by means of the efforts and sufferings of the saints in years gone by, and if we do not make some return to the church of Christ by giving her our best energies, we are unworthy to be enrolled in her ranks.“ — C.H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
We are like Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh. We have been given land by the blood of others. We have inherited blessing. Like them, we are guilty if we do not march forward to help others enjoy what we've already obtained. We are wrong to lay down our weapons because our land has been conquered. We must march ahead for the sake of those who laid down their lives in securing our land and for the sake of those whose land remains unsecured. We cannot indulge in what we've been given without fighting to give the same privilege to our brothers.
We honor those who fought for us by fighting for those yet to come.
We honor our fathers by fighting for our children.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manaseeh had the blessing of fighting for their brothers while being able to leave their wives and little ones behind in secure places. Their brothers were still without homes and their wives and little ones still hoofing it by day and tenting it by night until cities were for them secured.
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