Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 149:6, where we read these words:
"Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand . . . "Note how the faithful Christian churchman is at once a worshipper of God, and a soldier fighting under Christ's banner. There is no way to please God without praising Him; and a major reason for our praise is Christ’s defeat of all His enemies—and His allowing us, His church, to share in this triumph. Life in a fallen world necessitates spiritual warfare. While unbelievers “roll over” to the world, the flesh, and the devil—the true saints conquer them all, in Christ.
So, if we are in our glorious Redeemer (and His church) today, then let us go into our daily lives lifting up both thanksgiving to God, and the sword of the Spirit against His foes (and ours).
[Puritan quote of the day: "The Church is a body to whom the whole world is beholden. It should be the joy of the earth, for it is the security of the whole earth.” —Nathaniel Vincent, in, "A Discourse Concerning Love"]
