07.08.2024
“Psa 60:12 Through God we shall do great things; for it is He who shall trample our enemies. “
We, each soldier of the Army of Jesus is called to do great exploits for the Lord Jesus Christ while we are living on this earth.
Bible characters were ordinary men those lived among ordinary people who worked hard to make both ends meet. But at one point of their lives, they differentiated themselves from others by taking crucial decisions.
This was due to the calling and anointing poured upon them even before the foundation of the world. They cooperated with the grace to fulfil what was written in their destiny book. Let’s take a few examples.
1. Moses
Moses led a casual life enjoying all the privileges of a prince in the palace of the Pharaoh of Egypt. He was moved in his heart when he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite. He struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
This operation became a turning point in his life. The Lord took this as a proof for his fidelity towards His people, recruited him into His Army to fight against His enemies. Moses was sent for further training to the land of Midians.
Seeing Egyptians beating Israelites would not have attracted anybody’s attention since in slavery these are very common incidents. No one would have dared to speak for Israelites. Supporting a Hebrew would even put their life into risk. But this incident provoked Moses into action.
The Lord needs a soldier to fight for the cause of the oppressed in the Churches which is the worst system of slavery in the world in the name of Jesus.
2. Nehemiah
Nehemiah was an ordinary man who was employed with a menial job of serving at king’s table. He enquired about the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to him, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire. As soon as he heard this, he
“sat down and wept and mourned for days, and continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.”
The Lord saw the burden in His heart for the broken walls of Jerusalem. He recruited him into His Army to fight against the enemies (Neh 2:19), disclosed His plans to him, alerted him how strategically and secretly he should move, get the support of the king, people and rulers so that he could complete the work of repairing the walls of Jerusalem with in the prescribed time.
In Nehemiah’s time there would have been many who heard about the destruction of Jerusalem walls, but nobody was bothered about it except Nehemiah. The Lord used him to bring a solution to the problem.
Dear soldier, what are you burdened with today? Is it something concerned with building His Kingdom on earth? If yes, please know that the Lord has put this burden into you.
He wants to bring a solution to this problem through you.
Can you surrender to the Lord right now?
3. Ruth
Ruth belonged to the tribe of Moab. Moabites was a tribe cursed by God. (Neh 13:1, Gen 19:37,38) For generations they were oppressed by all others and even by the people of God. The Moabites as a tribe would have prayed to God to remove the curses. But a widow called Ruth, at one time took a different decision which changed the whole tribe’s whole destiny.
Rth 1:14-16 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you.
For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
This decision of Ruth changed the destiny of Moabites. Her name was entered into the genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Mat 1:5)
Dear Soldier, you are recruited into the AOJ to fight with the enemy and liberate a particular nation, a State, a village, a street, a tribe, people group or a language group. Ruth clung to her Mother –in-law through whom the promotion had to happen even at zero hope.
4. Daniel
Daniel was a boy of royal family and of nobility, a youth without any blemish, of good appearance and skilful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace. But he was taken as a captive, brought to a different land to serve a king who declared himself as God. (Dan 1:3-4, 6:12)
He took a decision to be different from others. To a young boy, any food served at king’s palace would have been an attraction. But he decided to forego them.
Dan 1:8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
God used this boy to change the heart of the king Nebuchadnezzar to accept the true God.
Dan 2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him.
Pro 21:1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
If the Lord wants to turn the heart of a king wherever He wants, he needs a person to work on earth on behalf.
Dan 1:20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. Therefore he stood before the king.
For Daniel the training period was three years. After that he was brought before the king.
You are the one recruited by God for this purpose. You have been trained in the Army for so many years with the same purpose.
Are you ready to surrender yourself to be used by Him?
Dear soldier,
All the above heroes of Bible sacrificed either their lives or the most precious thing in their lives in order to become the most amicable vessel in the hands of God.
Heb 11:24– 27 Having become great, Moses by faith refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
What sacrifice have you made to get entry into the Throne of the Heavenly King in order to turn the hearts of the earthly king who is ruling your country, your State, your adopted country?
What have you done to make you different from others?
If you say nothing is happening in my Constituency, it is because you have not proved yourself different from others.
The Lord has seen you different and has written your name in the book of destiny. But since you have not stepped into the trading floor of heaven, the trade has not yet taken place. Price is not paid, the redemption of the land (your Constituency) has not yet come.
Your calling makes you different
The anointing on you makes you different
Your recruitment into the Lord’s Army makes you different
The way you take decisions makes you different
The way you obey makes you different
Continue to be different
Dare to be different!