Rouse The Warrior In You!

Francis Frangipane recently shared…

Beware of a Passive Spirit

Scripture contains many examples of David’s valor. As a young man, for instance, while others trembled, David was ready and eager to face Goliath. David is an example of one whom God chose, whose passions for God sustained him for most of his life.

Yet David also provides for us an example of what can happen even to good people when we surrender to a passive spirit. For there was an occasion when David did not pursue his enemies, and the consequences were grave. It happened because he allowed a passive spirit to subdue his will.

“Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.” (2 Sam. 11:1)

During a time of war, the king allowed a passive spirit into his soul. Soon we find this great warrior king almost helpless to resist the unfolding spiritual attack.

“Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.” (2 Sam. 11:2)

The woman was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. From the moment David accepted the influence of that passive spirit, his resistance was weakened. A paralysis of conscience occurred. Scripture says that “when evening came David arose from his bed.” Perhaps it was customary to rest in the afternoon, but it strikes me as inconsistent for David to nap while his men fought. It is possible that this nap was not a response to a bodily need, but an expression of the slumber that gripped his soul. He was in bed until “evening.”

This heaviness of soul resting on David was actually part of a larger, synchronized spiritual attack… Finally, David, unable to resist and in defiance of his noble qualities, “sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her” (2 Sam. 11:4).

Dear friend, remember… a passive spirit introduced David to his sin! The problem was simply that, in a time when the kings went forth to war, David stayed at home.

He Is Raising a War Cry

We ourselves are in a time of war. The Spirit of God is calling us to fight for our souls as well as our families, churches and cities. Indeed, God’s Word reveals that “the LORD will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His enemies” (Isa. 42:13).

Is that holy fight in you? Is there a war cry in your spirit? If you are born again, that cry is within you, even if it has been muted by lethargy

Rouse the warrior, fighting Holy Spirit in you today, and don’t give in to lethargy.

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I shake off the spirit of passivity, lethargy, or spiritual complacency and rise in the power, purpose, and passion of the Holy Spirit. “It is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed” (Romans 13:11).

I refuse to be lukewarm (Revelation 3:16). I choose fire over fear, focus over fatigue, and purpose over passivity. I will not delay in obedience, I will not shrink back in doubt, and I will not settle in stagnation.

The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in me (Romans 8:11), and I am strengthened, revived, and empowered to walk in my calling. I stir up the gift of God within me (2 Timothy 1:6). I cast off every weight and run with endurance the race set before me (Hebrews 12:1).

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