War – No Rusty Swords

Greetings Dear Reader,

I have a moderate sword collection.  I know how to use a sword.  I have never used one in combat though I have been involved in some competitive sword play years and years ago.  When it comes to the inner war the tale is altogether a different one.

I fight every day.  Just yesterday anger tried to claim me.  My tongue longed to lash out cut down the man who had offended me.  Instead I walked away.  Only by God’s grace and mercy did manage to walk away.  Every moment I am either fighting for the darkness or the light.  There is no neutral moment.  There are no secular issues.

The war rages in and around me no matter how I feel about it.  My fallen nature will allow no cease fire.  My enemy will not take a day off for holiday or respite.  If I do nothing then I am actually fighting for darkness.  If do not daily follow Christ in every step then I give ground to my fallen nature.

There is no moment when I am not promoting either Christ or that which is against Christ.  How I think and act is always a movement in the war for the world that God wants to reclaim.  Every idle word is a choice me to move that reclamation forward or to hinder it.  I cannot walk away from faith and following without doing damage to myself and the effort.  Every moment is a sword stroke.  What matters is who I am fighting for and who I am following.

No Rusty Swords – Michael Card

Don't you know the battle's raging

And you got to join the fight

There's an army of the darkness

And an army of the Light

There's a side that fights for Satan

And a side that's for the Lord

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

Christ has made the final move

So our side is sure to win

He became like us so we would have

A chance to be like Him

It seems strange so many fall back

When the victory has been won

You just need to ask yourself

Which side you're on

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

There's a fact you need to understand

Before you join our side

You need to know when Jesus calls

He bids you come and die

He's invaded Satan's kingdom

And He's claiming all His own

When the battle's over

He will lead us home

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

And on this battle field there are no rusty swords

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."