What Are You Protecting?

I was going through some things tonight and found a quote I had written down in 2008. I was listening to the news when I heard someone say,

"These soldiers don't fight because they hate
what's in front of them.
They fight because they love what's behind them."

Knowing some of you who read my blog, I think this quote got your attention just like it got mine when I heard it.

This statement really makes me think about what I am "fighting for". I want the future of the church, and the spiritual future of my children and grandchildren to be greater and mightier than I ever experienced when I was younger, so I will continue to "fight for" a great future, because I believe in a church that is moving forward. I believe in a church that loves the truth and will not sell out for the beggarly elements of this world. And, I believe in a church who will not surrender it's young preacher's and preacher's wives to the howling wolves of materialism and worldliness! The message of truth will be preached, because God will always have a church that will "forsake all to follow Him".

So, what am I going to "fight for"? What are you going to "fight for"? I have purposed to "fight for" what I have always loved.

I've loved....hearing preacher's who love this truth, preach without worrying who might be offended.

I've loved....the message of separation from the world.

I've loved....the joyful sounds of praise and worship in the many services I have been privileged to attend.

I've loved....dancing in the presence of Almighty God.

I've loved....the anointed singing that only comes when the "singer" has a relationship with Jesus!

I've loved....the "spirit of unity" that prevails in the Church.

I've loved....souls coming to God, repenting, being baptized in Jesus Name, and being filled with the Holy Ghost.

I've loved....taking my children to Camp Meetings, Youth Camps, Fellowship Meetings, and Youth Rallies where they could be with friends, and make new friends who love the truth like they do.

I've loved....the old-time preaching, praying, singing, shouting!

I've loved...."red hot" prayer meetings where the saints shook the gates of hell demanding the release of our loved ones...and we've seen it happen.

Need I go on? I could! I will defend and fight with all my heart, for the rest of my life, what I have been taught by anointed men and women of God who love the truth. They never wavered when their friends criticized them for "preaching it too hard". They never wavered when their friends "left the truth because they just didn't believe it like that any longer". The men and women of God I speak of, were never wishy-washy in what they believed, and that's the reason there is a church that is standing strong and sure in 2010!!!

I really feel an urgency to "fight for that which is behind us"! Satan would love to destroy our "legacy of truth". He would love to destroy what we have loved since the beginning when the Church was formed!

Am I discouraged about the Church and it's future? Oh no! I feel the strength of an army of young warriors who are picking up the "swords of truth" and they are ready to "defend" it! They are fighting for what has been preached to them! I'm encouraged! I'm excited! I have no fear of what the future holds, because they will "fight for" and "defend" the foundations that have not crumbled through the ages! The walls of truth are strong and sure, and will become stronger as we continue loving and protecting that which was given to us by those who fought before us!