Front Line

Hello people that I think read this blog?!

This week, like the weather, has been so bizarre. First of all, here was the weather forecast: Cloudy, Sunny (and really warm!), Rainy, Humid, Windy, Rainy, then Sunny again. My body really cannot handle this change of weather very well… so originally, I thought it was just me who was suffering and just felt very downcast this week, but as we had our Jesus Soldier meetings, I found out that almost everyone was having some kind of trouble, sickness, problem, etc. Then we knew that something dark has been attacking us. At first we were all wondering “why us?” but one of our older Jesus Soldiers (Justin) said something that made me respond “oh yeah!” He said this: As Jesus Soldiers, we are in the front line of attack from the enemy. First of all, our job description is Jesus Soldier; second of all, it makes sense that the enemy wants to take out the leaders in order to get to the (for lack of a better term) “vulnerable” soldiers.  We are here from all over the world to strengthen this army called J-House and be in the front lines of this battle. 

We need our concentration to be at its best, because once that comes down for a second, the enemy ambushes us in so many different ways. We are here to protect God’s sheep, we can’t let the wolves just waltz right in and snatch people away. That is why this week, I remembered reading many many times about the Armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-20. 

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. 19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

If I am not prepared, I will be attacked. My mom and some other people told me that instead of me going to the Korean Army, they are thinking of this time as me being in God’s Army and I am just stationed in Japan. I guess it is a good way of viewing this time. I am being trained as well as serving in God’s Army to bring his Kingdom to power.  So I really need all of you to continue praying for me, because seriously, I think I would have given up by now if it weren’t for all of you! 

To CUMCers: Thank you for the video!! I was very very happy and blessed to see you all!! I miss you and update me on how you all are doing! I want to know! :D 

P.S. I don’t want to look over this and edit it… so if it doesn’t make any sense, too bad. Haha… it makes sense to me! :D (thanks Rebekah for the insightful words.. :P)