THIS DAY WE FIGHT 

In his book, "This Day We Fight - Breaking the Bondage Of A Passive Spirit," American pastor and author, Francis Frangipane recounts a scene from the third film in the Lord Of The Rings series, "The Return Of The King." Quoting from page 32 of the book,...Aragorn seeks to inspire his hopelessly outnumbered men against what seems like sure defeat: Hell's swarming legions have amassed before them and the courage of Aragorn's fighters is weakening.

Riding along the front lines of his gathered, but rather lowly army, he shouts:

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day...This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, men of the West! 

Francis Frangipane goes on to say: Let us also put aside our fears and the burdens of a passive spirit. Let us take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. And let us war on behalf of righteousness. A day may come when the world succumbs to the forces of evil. But it is not this day. This day we fight!

The day we committed our lives to Jesus Christ, and He became our Saviour and Lord, we were enlisted in an army, but unlike a soldier in a physical army who after a time may decide to leave the ranks of the military and return to civilian life, our commitment to fighting our enemy is a life-long one, and we dare not remain passive in our stance toward our foe, Satan, for if we do not take the offensive position against him, he will seek relentlessly to weaken us to the point of being ineffective in the Lord's army. After all, as Jesus said in John 10:10, the thief (Satan) has the unwavering aim to STEAL, KILL and DESTROY - Us!

As I was pondering the quote above from Francis Frangipane's book "This Day We Fight," I thought about the passage in Ephesians 6 where the apostle Paul encourages Christians to: "Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."

Four times in the verses Ephesians 6:10-14, Paul admonishes his readers to STAND.

Verse 13 says: "Therefore, take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to WITHSTAND in the evil day, and having done all, to STAND."

As I read and watched the impassioned cry of Aragorn in The Lord Of The Rings, I was amazed at the last sentence...................."I bid you stand, men of the West."

It seems that, as each day passes, all that we hold dear in the West, as in Western nations and society is being attacked and eroded. For those who do not hold to a Biblical worldview, there are no longer any moral absolutes. What once was white is now black, with all shades of grey being accepted in between.

Truly the words of Isaiah the prophet spoken some seven hundred years before Christ are true of our times:

    "Woe to those who call evil good

      and good evil,

      Who put darkness for light

       and light for darkness,

       who put bitter for sweet

       and sweet for bitter." Isaiah 5:20 NIV

Whether it concerns issues such as Abortion, Same-sex marriage, Euthanasia, or all the implications of Political Correctness, the need has never been greater than today for Christians who are fully committed to the Lordship of Jesus, and who are committed to obeying the Word of God, the Bible - To STAND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, and TO KNOW WHAT we are standing FOR and AGAINST according to the unchanging standards of Truth and Righteousness in the Word of God.

In the context of where we are in early November, 2020, the U.S. Presidential election has just taken place this week, with the outcome still on a knife-edge, although mainstream media are all but calling a victory for the Democrats and their contender, Joe Biden. Certainly, in the natural, there would seem to be almost no hope of Donald Trump now reaching the 'magic' number of 270 Electoral College votes, with Biden only six short of that number and Mr Trump still on 214. As the counting of postal votes has continued in key states, it seems that the majority votes have been for the Democrats.

AND YET, there have been a number of prophetic words this year and in years previous to this from well seasoned and highly regarded prophets - that Donald Trump would win a second term as President (2020=2024). There has seemed to be an agreement amongst some of these men and women of God that this would be a certainty, albeit with much civil unrest, rioting, looting etc., to follow. Some prophets have also stated that President Trump would experience a deeper relationship with the Lord God during these times. 

As with Aragorn, in The Lord of the Rings, it seems that the opposing "army" is about to vanquish Donald Trump's hopes of retaining the Presidency and staying in the White House.

BUT GOD....... WATCH THIS SPACE!!