Okay, I’m gonna do this fast because my internet connection is shoddy at best (and I’m still in America, go figure). Ok so for whatever reason God is throwing warriors at me. Not literally, although that would be interesting. It all started, or that I paid attention to anyway, last week when my best friend Kaylie and I decided that we were gonna get matching tattoos as a going away kind of thing. We threw out a couple bff quotes, Mumford lyrics, a Hemingway quote or two but none of them felt right. Then she throws out the quote, “Put on your war paint.” I immediately caught interest and asked what it was from. She said it was a lyric in the song The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy. I like FOB ok, I don’t love them, don’t really want a quote on me for the rest of my life just because its a lyric of theirs, but I could not shake the stir in my heart the lyrics gave me. Put on your war paint. That’s exactly what I’m doing. I’m putting on my war paint to go across the nations. I am not just a messenger and a servant of Christ, I am also a warrior. I am a soldier, preparing for battle. Things happen though and I am poor and unemployed, so getting the tattoo sadly fell through. The lyric and its meaning however, have not.
Now I watched Exodus Gods and Kings today. Was it 100% biblically accurate? Of course not. Was it surprisingly accurate for a Hollywood movie? Kinda. Did it put that warrior mentality back into my head? Definitely. Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t intend to literally jump on a horse wearing a brass suit, holding a sword up to the heavens reciting an impassioned speech encouraging my legions to go to Battle for Christ. That is however, exactly what I intend to do, figuratively. I, my team, my squad, MOPQ squads, AIM, All believers, YOU reading this right now in some way shape or form are called to do exactly that. So I challenge and encourage you to saddle up, to ride with me into battle. Don the colors of the One who fought so valiantly for you, who paid the ultimate price for you. Don’t sit any longer, complacently in your sin or your comfort waiting for the right time to change. You think New Years is the only time to make resolutions? (Although conveniently enough it is New Years so you really have no excuse here). God has called you fellow warriors. We are His chosen people. Now stand up and fight with me, with my squad, with your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Now is the time to stand up and make a change. We are the people He called to do it.
I think this is the part where my horse rears up, I throw my sword up in the air and scream a battle cry, then we all charge onward at the enemy with almost crazy smiles on our faces because we have confidence that we cannot lose. So lets do that. Lets charge toward the enemy, with victory in our hearts knowing that the Father, Creator, Sustainer, is on OUR side.
I leave in 3 days to go to Atlanta. I’m gonna have a cool little vacation with my family, then head to launch. This time next week the Adventure will begin. As unreal as it seems, I am not afraid. God made me a warrior, and so I am honored. I am ready.
Scouts out
Mary
