Christian Family Services Ministry

11-10-2021 – A Word to the Wise – On Warfare.

This week we as a nation we have chosen to honor our veterans. God’s word has much to say about warfare. In every major engagement in the battles of the Bible God expected His army to chase the enemy from the battlefield and to keep on until they were destroyed. God’s harshest criticism is reserved for those who quit. The enemy is to be destroyed. Not bargained with. Not preserved. No treaties made. The battles of Joshua and Judges emphatically teach this principle. Pursue the enemy until you physically drop, until you can no longer lift your weapon. Give no refuge to the enemy. Chase him until he has no where to go–then destroy him.

This is why God’s army was to be composed of fearless warriors. Warriors who can withstand the onslaught then follow up with sustained attacks that do not end until the enemy is completely destroyed.

These principles taught by God seem to have been lost on America. Following the end of World War II practically every national engagement has ended in failure because we decided to bargain with the enemy instead of destroying him. Just recently this has occurred.

Now how is this principle pertinent to each of us today in our individual battles?

Because our personal struggles with sin and its continually reoccurring part of our life illustrate this same failure. Whether its temper, gossip, addiction, or morality our past haunts us over again.

Satan is the enemy and seeks to utterly destroy us. Thus we must practice this important principle when engaging the enemy. James 4:7 tells us to resist the devil and he will flee. Peace is not acceptable. No, the Christian pursues and chases the adversary and his army until it ceases to exist. Are you prepared for battle?