day no. 17,379: fighting with joy, not for it

"The joy of the Lord is our strength. We are not called simply to fight with the evil around us, but rather we are called to fight this evil with a song in our hearts. We do not fight for joy, but rather with our joy. If God has assigned to us the role of being dragon slayers, why should we be distressed to discover the existence of dragons? You were born for this hour. All of this surrounding mayhem is your duty station. You were put here on purpose. You were written into this role by the Author of the story, into this time, and His judgments are perfect. As I said earlier, it is a daunting task, but you were fitted for it."  — Douglas Wilson, Eliot and Lucia

We are not simply called to fight the good fight, we are called to enjoy it. We have received the dangerous duty of delight. We must not merely to march in the Lord's army, we are to sing marching songs as we advance. We are not fighting for joy, we are fighting with it. The one who is laughing is winning. The one has lost their temper has lost the argument. Let us, therefore, rise to the occasion by letting a song and laugh rise from our lungs. We were born for such a time as this. Let us not shrink back from this stage.