As I sit here, at our training
compound in South Sudan, the men are busy with preparations for graduation.
After a long and hard year at our chaplain training school, the men are filled
with excitement for the long awaited day. After graduation the men will be
deployed to their respective positions. Some of the men will be going straight
to the front lines of the war here in South Sudan, but every single one will be
on the front lines of the spiritual battle for souls. The men know that this
war (both physical and spiritual) will be very costly and the blood shed will
be great.
For most of us, fighting one war
(against our flesh) is hard enough; it takes every last ounce of strength we
have. How convicting is it to stand with men who are fighting not just for
their own soul, but for everybody they come in contact with. Our men live by a
code of conduct that we all should follow. “If the enemy comes, we will STAND,
we will FIGHT, and we will DIE! But we will not surrender you to the wicked!”
This code was made when we witnessed the Government of Sudan (GoS), the LRA,
and other rebel groups coming into villages and killing every woman and child.
We teach our men that we stand on that line until every woman and child is
evacuated to safety, and we will DIE protecting the innocent and helpless.
Our men are ready to die to the
desires of their flesh and are willing to die to ensure life for others.
Matthew 16:25 says, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” When you are faced with this
choice, what will you do? Are you ready to die, so that you have eternal life?
John 5:13 says, “Greater love has not one than this, that one lay his life down
for his friend.”
Are we willing to love to the
point of death? A time to die…a chance to live.
Chase Amaya
Intern
Far Reaching Ministries
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