Charge Into The Fray

Job 39:19  “Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting.  He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.  He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;  he does not shy away from the sword.  The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance.  In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.  At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, 'Aha!'  He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
A friend of mine recently said, “It seems like we cannot fight against the world, there is so much my kids see and hear, at school, movies, magazines. My seven year old daughter came home and told me of a seven year old classmate who described to her details of having had sex in her home with another seven year old. I reported it to the school. It is overwhelming, it is an impossible battle to win.”
We have been fighting this battle since Eve took that first bite of the forbidden fruit in the garden.  Satan has one goal and that is to destroy us, to let us feel that the darkness around us is so deep and black that we cannot stand against it.  Satan wants to blind us to the reality that he exists, that we, not him, are the source of this darkness.  It reminds me of Goliath strutting back and forth shouting to the Israelites I dare any man to fight against me.  Look around you, you are outnumbered you cannot win.  He wants us to be swallowed by the darkness, he wants us to give up the fight.
Yet here lies the secret to victory in the battle, David heard Goliath threats, David a young boy saw Goliath with his own eyes.  A nine foot tall giant, a living breathing machine of death.  Yet David said this to Goliath, (condensed version) “I come to you in the name of the Lord almighty--the God of the armies of Israel-- today I will kill you and cut off your head--And everyone will know that the Lord does not need weapons to rescue His people, It is His battle not ours.  David then ran out to meet Goliath, David triumphed over the Philistine giant and he cut off his head.” 1 Samuel 17:45-51 The Israelite army drew courage from this boy David and they joined him in the battle and the enemy was routed.
Jesus like David has defeated the giant (Satan) who struts before us. Jesus ran to the battle, he hung on the cross and he died for us. The trumpet is sounding, we mustn’t stand still, Aha! Laugh at fear, charge into the fray, “For the ones that win this battle against the world are the ones who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:5