"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Pet 5:8
Where we find ourselves today is much like a World War I battle field. The phosphorus flares would go up over the trenches, and expose with glaring starkness, the brutal reality. The light reveals a wasted landscape, death, destruction; and a fierce enemy who has crept close under the cover of darkness.
There are three kinds of men on a battle field who are no longer a viable part of the story:
- Those crawling away, thinking only of themselves
- Those hiding in holes, heads down and trembling
- The dead
There is a fourth group, those still willing to fight. These are the men who pause, look at the carnage and danger, take a deep breath, and step onto the field. What they do will vary; some to save the wounded, some to encourage, some will take the battle to the enemy – all depend upon the Captain of the Hosts to provide direction and the resources they will need.
Which group are you in, how have you experienced 1 Peter 5:6-9 recently?
The Phosphorus Flare
The harsh glare of the phosphorus flare,
Exposing horrors once clothed in dark.
Dead men hanging in barbed wire,
Torn landscape in violence broken.
The enemy close, poised to strike from dark safety,
Absolutely committed to the death of the King’s child.
Rise up, strike back, surrender not,
By the might of Sword of Truth slay the foe.
In the clear light of the Son, a gathering,
The saints gather around the warmth of His fellowship,
A safe, warm place of rest for the weary.
Sharing what we have seen the Captain of the Hosts accomplish.
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!
