Stand Firm

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1

Do you see the powers of darkness moving to overwhelm the light? Do you see them coming, wielding death in their hands and black terror in their eyes?

Do you see them marching, wave after wave, marching upon the last small stronghold of light and hope upon the earth?

Do you see the end drawing near, as they come to bind, to break, and to kill?

Stand firm.

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 

You have tasted the freedom of the Christian, even as the hordes of evil mass against you for the thousandth assault, seeking to overwhelm you, tempting you to use your freedom for ill, and not for good. But Christ has promised not to let them snatch you from his loving arms - and he fights before you, as your champion. He holds the gate and breaks the tide of evil until that day when, in power and great glory, he will descend in light from on high and destroy the powers of darkness for the final time.

You are at war, at the night watch, longing for the coming morning. Do not presume safety, do not rest in the treasures and pleasures of the world, do not sleep.

Stand firm.