Topic:God’s Army
Text: Psalms 24: 7-10

A good fighter whenever there is a fight. A well-trained sportsman looks forward with excitement to participating in an athletics meet. Also, a well-trained soldier is ever battle-ready to demonstrate at war what he has been taught. The Lord is a soldier. The Lord Jesus Christ has never been a civilian, even for one day. The Bible says: “The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name” (Exodus 15:3).

The Lord is in fact, the Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of heaven, according to our text. God has an army of highly disciplined soldiers in heaven; they follow Him whenever He goes. Revelation 19:14-15 says: “And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” But you may ask: Why does the Bible ever give us the picture of Jesus as a warrior king? As believers, we are constantly warring against Satan and his hosts.

The fact that the battles of life are fought every day makes our need for a Warrior King imperative. No soldier wants to go into battle without a competent Commander-in-Chief. The moment you are sure that the Captain of our Salvation is the only Warrior who has never lost a battle, you will go into battle with assurances of victory, no matter how fierce the battle. Moreover, the greatest privilege on earth is to belong to the most powerful army in the universe.

Every member of God’s army is assured of victory. Since our Lord never loses a battle, we will never lose a battle or know defeat. Although we may have rough experiences in warfare, we shall end on a victorious note. This is why the Bible says we are more than conquerors.

Memory Verse: Exodus 15:3 - “The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.”