Training for Battle
Trials strengthen the Christian and bring him closer to God. Those who understand this willingly submit themselves to the knowledge that God is in control. He is there in the lion's den. The soldier of Christ knows that God's army is oiled by the discipline of trials. He is training for battle, and in the light of that objective, the yoke of Jesus is therefore easy and the burden is light. He has not been drafted into the army of God, but he has willingly submitted himself to the yoke of Christ. He knows that whatever affliction, trial, or weight of resistance comes his way, comes only by the will of his God, that "all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) And His purpose is the reach the lost. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
