READ: PSALM
24:7-10
A good
fighter is excited whenever there is a fight. A well-trained sportsman looks
forward with excitement to participating in an athletics meet. Also, a
well-trained soldier is ever battle-ready to demonstrate at war what he has
been taught. The Lord is a soldier. The Lord Jesus Christ has never been a
civilian, even for one day. The Bible says: “The LORD is a man of war; the
LORD is His name.” (Exodus 15:3). The Lord is, in fact, the
Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of heaven, according to our text. God has an
army f highly disciplined soldiers in heaven; they fellow Him wherever He goes.
Revelation 19:14-15 says: “And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine
linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes
a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. And He Himself will
rule them with the rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” But you may ask: Why does the
bible ever give us the picture of Jesus as a warrior King? As believers, we are
constantly warring against Satan and his hosts. The fact that the battles of
life are fought every day makes our need for a Warrior King imperative. No
soldier wants to go into battle without a competent Commander-in-Chief. The
moment you are sure that the Captain of our salvation is the only Warrior who
has never lost a battle, you will go into battle with assurances of victory, no
matter how fierce the battle is. Moreover, the greatest privilege on earth is
to belong to the most powerful army in the universe. Every member of God’s army
is assured of victory. Since our Lord never loses battle, we will never lose a
battle or know defeat. Although we may have rough experiences in warfare, we
shall end on a victorious note. This is why the Bible says we are more than
conquerors.
MEMORIZE:
EXODUS 15:3 –The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is His name.
