THE GREATEST COMMANDER OF ALL

“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.”

Deuteronomy 4:1 KJV

Today, as we remember the brave men and women who gave their lives for their country, let us not forget to remember and honor the greatest Commander of all, Jesus.  He didn’t just die for some people; He died for every person in the world.  He paid the debt that we could never have paid.

Pastor Elijah Taylor Cassel wrote a beautiful hymn about our great Commander “Loyalty to Christ”.  “On to victory! On to victory!” Cries our great Commander, “On!” We’ll move at His command, We’ll soon possess the land, Through loyalty, loyalty, Yes, loyalty to Christ.”  We must remain loyal to Jesus.

I thought when I asked Jesus into my heart to be my Saviour that everything would be wonderful, that I would never have any problems.  I was wrong because until we ask Jesus into our heart, satan doesn’t have to attack us. However, when we are serving Jesus, satan will lie to us, attack us and deceive us.

Our great Commander has warned us to be alert for the sneaky, poisonous and vicious attacks of satan.  “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (I Peter 5:8).  There are times when we let our guard down and satan tries to defeat us.

We must keep following Jesus because He will never fail us.  He will lead us on to victory.  One glorious happy day, we will see our great Commander face to face.  How I long for that day!

Joanne Lowe

May 29, 2017