2 Timothy 2:4-5 (KJV)
4No man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of this life; that he
may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Timothy 2:4-5 (NIV)
4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his
commanding officer.5 Similarly,
anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.
Soldier of God
It’s probably a slap on your face to read something like
this when you’re getting busy with the things that are not of God. Surely this
is a wake-up call for me, and may these verses be imprinted in my heart so I will
always be reminded of my task as a soldier of God.
My task is not to be addicted with Facebook and lost my
sense of priorities; not to sleep all day and lost my fellowship with my family;
not to watch movies and lost my chance to share God’s word; not to attend every
party and wake up late for Sunday worship.
My task is to put God first in everything I do; promote Him
with every chance I have; do things with genuine love for Him.
It’s not wrong to do Facebook; it’s never wrong to sleep all
day, not even watching movies nor attending every party in town. What is wrong is
what’s on your heart when you do these things, and what comes after when you do
them.
If it’s for God, it will never be hidden that it’s for God. The
result and the outcome will reveal what really is in your heart.
No, it’s not easy to be a Christian. You must consider
yourself as a soldier and you need to obey your Master. But the good thing
about being a Christian is that you never fight alone, because your Master
fights with you. He will never abandon you.
And as you obey, you will realize that it’s not the needs to
obey that compels you to do things for God but because of His great Love that
awakens your heart to love him too. Because God is love.
