Let The Games Begin

 

Bang!

That’s all I’ve got. A four letter onomatopoeia. I’ve been thinking of a way to start off this blog “with a bang” for about a month now, and that’s allll I came up with. After contemplating, and re-contemplating, and double re-contemplating about the blog, this question came up: “Well, what is the most amazing beginning… of anything?”

In my futile mind, of course I thought of the first play of a Superbowl, a kickoff return for a touchdown by Devin Hester. Nothing gets a football fan’s blood pumping like when a kick returner breaks through the first seam, especially on the first play of a Superbowl. But unfortunately ladies and gentlemen, this is not the Superbowl, and I am not Devin Hester. And you are not just one of the fans taking a flash picture while the kickoff is soaring through the air.

After some praying about this blog, the Lord gave me a better answer for the earlier question: “What is the most amazing beginning of anything?” Surely it’s more than a kickoff return. I’m sure God, the One who is uncreated, who “is before all things, and in him all things hold together”, knows much more about beginnings than I ever will.

 

Here’s one of the greatest beginnings ever.…

Genesis 1:3-  “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

Now that’s starting with a bang. No exclamation point needed. “Let there be Light.”

Genesis isn’t even talking about the creation of the sun here, because that wasn’t created till the 4^th day. We find out in John 1, that Jesus is the light that was sent on that first day of creation. Jesus is in the business of starting things with a bang. And He isn’t just starting things, because He’s also a finisher. He’s taking this badboy all the way to the end zone, no matter how many tackles He’s gonna break.

People, understand that we are in the middle of an amazing storyline! The Light has come into the world, and He is waging war against darkness! Are you on His side? Have you acknowledged the war you are living in, between Light and Darkness? Do you know your role in this war?

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we are not made to be civilians. We are made to be soldiers, Soldiers of the Light.  

“No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him” – 2 Timothy 2:4.

 

As for some of the logistics of “No Longer a Civilian.” This blog is not about me. I’m not inviting readers to “take a step into my brain,” and this is not me simply informing you on my life circumstances. This blog is going to consistently talk about the glorious storyline of the Light, our role in the Christ’s army, and the battle we are currently in. I pray this is a source of awakening and encouragement for every believing reader. I pray the Lord will reveal the vast glory of His storyline to you, and that you would know your specific role in that story.

I tell you, we are not made to be civilians.

I encourage you to listen to this song, in reference to the earlier explanation of the light in Genesis 1 being Jesus, not the creation of the sun, and also in reference, well, to the entire blog post.

Peace.