I Paul The Prisoner of The Lord...

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It is without a doubt that those who have set themselves to serve
and obey the Lord will be a direct target of the enemy. As an old
puritan writer said, "Sooner or later the saint of God will have
to go into the ring with Satan." Satan does not have much
interest in the lukewarm believer. They are no threat to him.
They pose no problem to his plans. Sometimes they are actually
helpful to him. Right now many true believers at this time are
experiencing overt attacks from the enemy they never imagined. We
are at the end and Satan knows it well, and therefore he is doing
his best to cast the children of God down to the ground.  


I thought about something I read in Ephesians where Paul calls
himself "the prisoner of the Lord." After the heights come the
plains, in the Bible and our everyday life. The glory and the
wonder of the last verses of Ephesians chapter three, Paul speaks
about the love of Christ and the fullness of God, such as, "Him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think. Then they are followed by "I the prisoner of the Lord" In
the next chapter. 


It seems so much that most of Paul's ministry was always being
challenged, limited, and hindered. There are strange limitations
sometimes in our work itself. Sometimes we ourselves experience
frustrations, inabilities, and chains known perhaps only to Him
who knows all. However, Paul opens the way of peace here as he
always does. If we really realize that most of the letters to the
churches written by Paul were written from prison, we would have
a different light on things. 


I believe that many of you feel that you are also in some kind of
a prison. You cannot escape the increasing persecution of those
in your own homes, people you live by, and work with. Not to
mention even the strangest, fiery trials that have come out of
nowhere. If you are, then you are the prisoner of the Lord, and
you are not alone any more than Paul was. Jesus is with you in
this war, and Satan cannot win. He already lost. Your life is hid
with Christ in God. Persevering is the badge of the believer. In
the end, we will receive the Victor's Crown, and there will be a
banqueting table for those who warred, suffered long, and will
live on forever as "more than conquerors." Do not give up your
ground, it was given to you by the Lord, and it is Him that will
keep it to your glorying end. You can rely on it.  


"We are foolish to expect to serve God without opposition: the
more zealous we are, the more sure are we to be assailed... Glory
be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall be
cast out and for ever destroyed, while Jesus and they who are
with him shall receive the crown. Let us sharpen our swords
to-night, and pray the Holy Spirit to nerve our arms for the
conflict. Never battle so important, never crown so glorious.
Every man to his post, ye warriors of the cross, and may the Lord
tread Satan under your feet shortly!" ~Charles Spurgeon