It is a good fight. It always will be until we are with our King. A good fight is a fight we win. When we pass over to the other side, and the battle in this flesh ends, the fight will be over. Then we will truly reap the benefits of war. Then we will truly reap the benefits of obedience and faithfulness. Will we have been wounded? Of course. How can one pursue a life of righteousness and holiness without getting wounded? But they are good wounds. They are wounds that build, not tear down. They are wounds that heal, restore and instruct. What if one surrenders to the enemy? He is then guilty of rejecting the one who truly loves, protects, provides for, restores and guides. He chooses to reject the truth. He chooses to reject the best way of existing. He chooses to reject life. He threw his weapons away when he rejected the truth. Could there possibly be a bigger mistake made? No.
“In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.”
(William Gurnall)
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