day no. 16,586: battle is your calling

“When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith.” — Abraham Kuyper

Worldviews are at war whether or not you are dressed for battle. If you are not fighting for what you believe in, what someone else believes in is winning the day. When the day comes that your beloved beliefs are besieged, battle is your obligation. You cannot love something without seeking its welfare and protecting its existence. Love stands in the gap and wedges itself between the danger and its beloved. We live in such a time as this. To be a pacifist is to be a proselyte of invading principles. To stand down in this atmosphere is to settle down into the spirit of the age.