There fell down many slain, because the war was of God."             
     --1 Chronicles 5:22

Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this 
verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the 
war be of God the victory is sure. The sons of Reuben, and the 
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh could barely muster five and 
forty thousand fighting men, and yet in their war with the Hagarites, 
they slew "men, an hundred thousand," "for they cried to God in the 
battle, and He was entreated of them, because they put their trust in 
Him." The Lord saveth not by many nor by few; it is ours to go forth 
in Jehovah's name if we be but a handful of men, for the Lord of 
Hosts is with us for our Captain. They did not neglect buckler, and 
sword, and bow, neither did they place their trust in these weapons; 
we must use all fitting means, but our confidence must rest in the 
Lord alone, for He is the sword and the shield of His people. The 
great reason of their extraordinary success lay in the fact that "the 
war was of God." Beloved, in fighting with sin without and within, 
with error doctrinal or practical, with spiritual wickedness in high 
places or low places, with devils and the devil's allies, you are 
waging Jehovah's war, and unless He himself can be worsted, you 
need not fear defeat. Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not 
from difficulties or impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, 
smite with the two-edged sword of the Spirit, and the slain shall lie 
in heaps. The battle is the Lord's and He will deliver His enemies into 
our hands. With steadfast foot, strong hand, dauntless heart, and 
flaming zeal, rush to the conflict, and the hosts of evil shall fly like 
chaff before the gale.   

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
To him that overcometh,
The strife will not be long;
A crown of life shall be;
This day the noise of battle,
He with the King of glory
The next the victor's song:
Shall reign eternally.

CH Spurgeon




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"For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be a  doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."  (Psalm 84:10)

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