SCRIPTURE: Revelation (NIV) 19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war….
14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
OBSERVATION: This army is going into war. This is not the army returning from war in a victorious parade. Then we would expect the General to be out front leading the procession. But what General leads his army into war. The generals direct the war efforts from a position at the rear of the army.
BUT NOT KING JESUS! He leads us into battle—from the front!
APPLICATION: Of course, that means that I must always keep King Jesus between me and the enemy! I must resist the temptation to run ahead and fight the battle on my terms. I must follow HIM into the fray. I never want to turn my back on the enemy to be able to see my Commander-in-chief!
In Sierra Leone, the SOAP ministry has become very fruitful for the Kingdom of God. God has given Pastor Andrew a key for reaching the non-Christian communities. It is to do nothing until he receives a request from community leaders for the SOAP ministry to come to their area. Their call is proof that God is already working. (like Acts 16:9-10) The result is that thousands who have never heard a presentation of the gospel have now heard and have responded by committing their lives to Jesus!!!
PRAYER: Lord, teach me to trust you AND to wait on you. I want to be one who follows you into every battle. Amen
Pastor Leon
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