2 Timothy 2:3-6 ’Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.’

DAILY READING; Matthew 13, Leviticus 17, Proverbs 28.

In his book, ‘Six Steps to Excellence in Ministry’ Kenneth Copeland shared an important lesson he learned while serving in the military. He said that their sergeant in basic training was very tough on them. The sergeant later explained to him that why he was so hard was because the soldiers who survive the war are the ones who take their training seriously.
Indeed a soldier’s life is that of rigorous training because of the deadly combat situations he would have to face.
For instance the United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy’s primary special operations force.
Among the SEALs’ main functions are conducting very difficult special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert environments. SEALs are typically ordered to go after high level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines.
SEAL team personnel are hand selected and highly trained. Part of their training is a stretch, where each candidate sleeps only about four total hours for five days, yet he must run more than 200 miles and does physical training for more than 20 hours per day.
They are trained this hard because of the impossible situations they may have to face on their missions.

2 Timothy 2:3-4 says ‘Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.’

As soldiers of the Cross we must be spiritually trained. We are daily in the midst of serious spiritual warfares, therefore there is a call for every Christian to live a life of spiritual alertness and combat readiness.
To survive the high level attacks being sent by the enemy we must avoid spiritual slumber and stay sober and vigilant.
In this end-time, the enemy is unleashing the greatest distractions and conflicts against believers, because he knows the time is short. The enemy is on the prowl, looking for whom to devour, therefore we must be spiritually sensitive at this time and not allow ourselves to become cheap victims.
Some of the lures and temptations of the enemy is so subtle and cunning that training ourselves to be strictly controlled by God’s Word is our greatest place of security.
To live victorious and prosperous in these perilous days, there is no alternative to maintaining a covenant walk in line with the demands of Scriptures. We must not live as convenient but as commanded by the Word.
While everyone else is falling to immorality, covetousness, corruption etc, let our testimony be different and outstanding.
As sons of God, let us shine forth as lights in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
The strength, discipline and exemplary character we exhibit as good soldiers of Christ, will be shinning lights that draw men out of darkness and into God’s Kingdom.

PRAYER: Lord, please enable me to live spiritually combat+ready and not to be entangled again in the affairs of this world. I thank You for the grace to live holy and separated unto You in Jesus Name.

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God is preparing you for the season He prepared for your breakthrough WORDBITE 222.

Shalom!

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