VALIANT…I like the notion that its possible to become a noble and strong person. But it’s not something that many people hold as a part of their self-identity. I suppose it harkens too much back to the days of knights & war-hero’s for many to think it’s something they should expect to show up in their lives. Would you be surprised that valor and being a valiant person is actually one of the foundational promises of the gospel? And that it’s been heralded through time as something God wants to do in us?
“With God we shall do valiantly…” ~Psalm 108:13
God is our father, and He wants all of us as His offspring to do very well on the earth. The problem this verse doesn’t become more of a reality is our human tendency to venture out on our own and with ourselves in the drivers seat. The DNA of the fall still resides in us all. These self-impulses spring up so often, that even for the diligent, sooner or later one gets through and undermines the valor God was working into our nature. This is the very reason that we must have a very active and daily salvation. When one of those self-impulse initiatives shows up, its time to confess it bluntly and trust our Savior to wash it out of our mind, heart and soul. Then in an instant, we are back on the path to valor again. In fact, we are back in God’s hands for him to work greatness into our lives just like He planned. We should be a people that expects God to cause us to do noble and strong and noteworthy things. It shouldn’t be a surprise when someone says of us that we are VALIANT! ~verlon
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“If all men were just, there would be no need of valor” Agesilaus quotes (Spartan King, 444 BC-360 BC)
ReplyDelete"Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity” Ovid quotes (Ancient Roman classical Poet and Author of Metamorphoses, 43 BC-17)
"Valor is not the absence of fear but of a willingness to face it in harm's way, despite the personal danger, and to achieve a greater purpose than your own." "Angelos" (This one is for our Vets most of all today. Also for the soldiers of God as well...There are many including Jesus that have made the sacrifice of the greater good, in God's fufilment, of his will,and greater purpose.)