Phil
2:24-25
“But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need”
“But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need”
On a recent flight I sat next to a retired policeman who had some very close friends who were U.S.Marines. He talked about the bonds between Marines who have been in battle as a deep connection seldom experienced by civilians. There is a deep trust which develops when you have covered each others backs, taken fire together, been injured together, and seen the worst that the enemy can throw at you.
Is not that kind of bond possible in the church? Perhaps Paul and Timothy had that kind of bond as soldiers of Christ.
“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.” (2 Timothy 2:3-4)
Can we be brothers and fellow soldiers in our fellowship? Can we do something that invades the turf of the enemy and reach out to lost people?
The advantage of the Marines is the disciplined training before battle. I love the discipline of study and training together with others of common Kingdom purpose~!.
