Posted on 09/09/2014 4:38:51 PM PDT by Perseverando
I love warriors. I love being with warriors. I don’t care how badly injured you are. I don’t care if you’re blind. I don’t care if you are missing limbs. You’ve got a warrior’s heart. You’re a warrior, and you need to continue being a warrior.
Exodus 15:3 says: “The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name” (NIV). Exodus is pretty early in the Bible. And then in the last book of the Bible, in Revelation 19, it says He’s coming back. As what? As a warrior. It says He’s coming back riding a white horse and wearing a blood-stained white robe, leading a mighty army with a sword.
Every great man that God used in the Bible was first and foremost a warrior. So, what is a warrior?
Here’s what a warrior is. It’s not the guy who is armed with an AR15 and 30-round magazines. The warrior is someone who says: “This is what I love. This is what I hold dear. This is my family. This is my country. This is my faith. And this is what threatens it. This is the enemy. You will not hurt what I hold dear. You will not hurt what I love, without coming through me.”
You know who the greatest warriors are in God’s Kingdom? Intercessors. I’ve got people who intercede for me all the time. I had an intercessor call me all the way from Kuwait one time to tell me something that she felt the Holy Spirit was revealing to her. Warriors stand between what they hold dear and what threatens it.
The warrior fights for a transcendent cause, for something greater than himself. I took an oath on Dec. 26, 1970. I said: “I do solemnly swear that
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PING to a good article by a great man.
Have a great nite! Gotta run.
Many thanks for the Ping.
Great article. Gen Boykin understands what a warrior is. States need to hire generals like Boykin to raise divisions that will attack Washington DC fascists and commies. Stupid conservatives sure as hell can’t do it because these idiots continue to argue about who is more pure.
Great post! Thanks! A good word for “such a time as this”.
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