Standing at Attention

1 Samuel 9, Jeremiah 12, Luke 11:14-36, 1 Peter 5:1-14, Psalm 46: We are in a battle! Did you know it? We are. I was listening to a podcast this morning done by a young man with military background. He was speaking about standing in the ready position with the person of authority enters the room. That attention position is a sign of respect to the One in command, but it is also a position of the heart to be at the ready for the command of the One giving it. Jeremiah 12 includes this verse
12:5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses?”
In Jeremiah’s days they would have competed on the battle field on foot. They were the line of defense, but when the next line came through many times it was on horse back increasing the ability to chase down and go after any that might escape. It was also a higher vantage point in the fight. The writer is asking if you are struggling with the foot soldiers, how will you make it when the horse and riders come? There are many of us right now struggling with the foot soldiers, the day to day things that are just a struggle. Yet the One in command is telling us that if we follow His plan, if we yield to His way, when the harder test and trials come we can not only stand, but win the victory! Psalm 46 is one of my all time favorite Psalms because it talks about how real life can shake us and cause us fear. Yet the answer is in who is in control or in command.
46:8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Oh my friend, stand at the attention to Jesus. Allow Him to order your world. Then attest to the mighty power at work within You because You are His! Greater is He who is in you than he that is in the world!