Rise Up Mighty Warrior

Rise Up Mighty Warrior, originally uploaded by _Justice.

I love how "Rise Up Mighty Warrior" has this photo of a little boy raising his face to heaven. I read of the album before I saw the cover, and when I first heard the title "Rise Up Mighty Warrior," I was expecting to see a ripped adult Mohawk with a tomahawk ready to tear apart an enemy. Instead, the warrior was a young child.

There is so much truth in this seeming contradiction. The things we see as strong are weak to God. Why does He need our muscles and weapons? He can kill His enemies (or us, for that matter) with frogs, hail, disease, locusts, strong winds, or darkness. He controls nature.

It is faith and love that make us attractive to God, and children often embrace others in faith and love quickly. The war we are in is not about numbers of people converted (though that is a secondary benefit), new church buildings, better sound equipment, more money in the kingdom, or displacing demons. The war is to unite one family under one Father.

Jesus promised that unless we enter the kingdom as little children, we would by no means get in. I'm beginning to believe the same thing about spiritual warfare. Unless we have the faith of a child, we will by no means win. It is not victory to say, “We are greater than the devil.” It is victory to say, “My Dad is greater than the devil.” The family name matters more than our individual legacies. Because they carry the Father’s name, these kids have as much invested in the outcome of this war as we adults do. Since God’s weapons are faith and love, we should find more ways to turn these little ones loose so they can tear up the enemy and unite the family.

FYI: This is not a plug for the album. Beautiful Great One is the CD I most recommend from Jonathon Maracle.