2 Timothy 2:4 (AMP)

“No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.”

There is no one who is a soldier who won’t live a different kind of life from those who are just civilians. Every soldier has been called to separate themselves from the entanglement that will make them unable to fulfil their duties and obey the order of their commander. Soldiers are humans, but they now have a code they live by and have a new family they also have to protect, apart from their immediate families.

Christ has called you to be separate from the world and not allow the entanglement of worldliness to hold you bound. A soldier is not meant to sit with the same pleasure of the world. What gives a civilian pleasure isn’t what dictates the pleasure of the soldier. What gives a soldier pleasure is obedience to the will of the commander.

Many soldiers have been killed, many have been maimed, while many have lost their place in rank because of the entanglement with civilian life. Dear Christian, the earlier you know that you have been called to be a soldier of Christ, the better. Your life is worth more than you think. Do not entangle yourself unnecessarily with the ordinary business of this world. You are worth more, and a more disciplined life is expected of you.

Confession: I am a soldier of Christ, and I live a disciplined life to please Him who has called me.

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