You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ -2 Tim. 2:3.
A soldier is trained to face anything that he encounters and to do his best to emerge victorious. The tasks faced by soldiers most times are life threatening but the soldier must never retreat or surrender. The soldier is also trained to obey all orders of his superior officers without hesitation or question.
In God's Kingdom all Christians are seen as soldiers who function in much the same way as soldiers in the world. We however are in spiritual warfare and so our weapons are not carnal (physical) but spiritual (prayer, praise, the Word of God etc.) and whereas the soldier in the world knows not the outcome of each battle he fights we know we've already won the ultimate battle. Therefore we're encouraged by Paul to endure hardship as a good soldier as we know there's always something good to gain from our "hard" experiences.
Prayer: Lord help us to keep in mind that as we endure hardship we've already won this war and are just learning from our experiences to help us in future ones. Therefore we should count it all joy when we fall into trials knowing that the testing of our faith works patience. In Jesus precious name we pray, Amen!
Encouragement: Endure whatever you come up against using the spiritual weapons God has provided. When you get to the end there are great rewards to obtain.
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