Man up. Also, woman up. But if you're a man, just man up, because womaning up would be weird.
What has the Christian society come to? It has come to men and woman reading ridiculous, cliche "inspirational" quotes on their iPhones in order to make themselves feel better about themselves as they sip on their latte from inside their BMW. Alright, you may not drive a BMW, but you still most likely have it better off than the Israelites did back in the day. You shouldn't be consuming yourself with feel good quotes and caffeine laced coffee syrups too get yourself through the day. You should be concerned with living your life as the Almighty God intended you to. Whatever your schedule is, it is not as important as the one God has for you. I do not care if you are a mom taking your kids to practice, or a CEO of a successful company. God's schedule > your schedule.
Christian society used to be comprised of tough as nails, rub some dirt in it people who roamed the wild country during Biblical times. They weren't afraid to stand up for the Gospel of Christ. Alright, so maybe some of them might have been afraid, like Moses for example. But you know what? They stood up for God in a big way. Moses parted an ocean, and killed a King of Egypt through his willingness to stand up for God. I know that may seem like a wild comparison, and it kind of is. After all, God has blessed our generation with the ability to develop various technologies that make us more comfortable, so why not use them? I'm not saying we should all go move out into the desert and kill the first person who says "omg". That is not my point.
However, I am saying this- We have become a generation of believers, not doers. Is that bad? Not exactly. But there is something missing. We should not be a generation of just believers. We should be a generation of believing warriors for the High King of Heaven. I know there are people who call themselves "prayer warriors", and that is all fine and dandy. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful that there are people who sacrifice their time to bring our requests before God, but a warrior needs to have more than just prayer. A righteous warrior needs to not only have a conviction about what is right and what is wrong, but a desire to physically act on that knowledge. Consider this- A veteran of the US Marine Corps is say, at a bar. (Or we could say he is at a Chuck E Cheese's, but he's probably more likely to be at a bar.) So, this strong willed, strong armed veteran who selflessly served his country through Operation Desert Storm is chilling at his favorite bar when he overhears a conversation from a man a few barstools down. This man was born and raised in the opposite way the veteran was raised. This man does not like the way the US Government operates. This man thinks that soldiers are criminals. And unfortunately for this man, he starts to scream that fact out, due to his consumption of alcohol. Well, the Marine Corp vet doesn't take kindly to this man blatantly disrespecting the country that he served for. You can imagine where I'm going with this. The drunk anti-american gets a beat down from the Marine, because the Marine knows where he stands on the issue of patriotism. He will give his life to defend his beliefs in America. This is how we as Christians should act concerning God. We may not need to physically beat someone down if they disrespect God, but we do not need to shrug it off either. That is not our duty as warriors. Warriors do not shrug off insults, they stand up and represent who they fight for. And we fight for the God of the universe.
Consider Titus 2:15- "Say these things, and encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you." It says rebuke with WITH ALL AUTHORITY. It doesn't say "Oh, well...just have that discussion another time. We don't want to make them mad and opposed to the Gospel." No. God tells us to rebuke them with all authority, and to let NO ONE disregard us.
It is time we put aside our personal agendas, and man up, woman up, Bible up, and warrior up. It's time to not take crap from anyone anymore. If someone says "Oh my god!", ask them if they are referring to the High King of Heaven. If they are, kindly inform them that you are His representative here on earth, and you would appreciate it if they didn't defile His holy name. Because that's what it is. If they use the letter "g", the letter "o", and the letter "d" then they are referring to the great I Am, because He is the only one worthy of the name God. It is our responsibility as warriors for Christ to protect the integrity of His name. So let's do it.
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