A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life. (2 Timothy 2:4)
Three points:
1. We Christians are soldiers.
The battle is NOT physical; it IS spiritual. The Devil continuously fights us with temptation. He does this by sorrows, troubles, sickness, discouragement, verbal abuse from some non-christians. He never quits; we can never be discharged from battle. We may desert, but never are we discharged.
2. We want to please.
We want to please our commanding officer, the Lord Jesus. If not, why not? Too many today do not want to please the Lord Jesus. Things in this life have distracted us. Sin looks too attractive. God helps us. We need repentance.
3. Civilian life
Civilian life here is living like the world, instead of the way the Lord Jesus wants us to live. We look to the world to get our clue on how to dress, act, marry, raise our children. Why are there so many Christian divorces? Why is there little, if any, difference between Christian and non-christian? It is because we are mixed up in the civilian life. The Devil has beat us. Let us plead to the Lord Jesus for help; let us forsake our sins; let us ask forgiveness, and let us repent. God will help us.
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