Men

So today me and James Wilson were talking about some of our struggles and life as men. One of the things I shared was my desire to see men own their spiritual responsibilities. Within that I have this desire to re-awaken the fierceness that as men of God we are supposed to have. Please take the time to read this passage from 2 Samuel 23

⁸ These are the names of David’s mighty warriors:

Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

⁹ Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim^[d] for battle. Then the Israelites retreated, ¹⁰ but Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day. The troops returned to Eleazar, but only to strip the dead.

¹¹ Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. ¹² But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.

¹³ During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁴ At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. ¹⁵ David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” ¹⁶ So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord. ¹⁷ “Far be it from me, Lord, to do this!” he said. “Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it.

Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

¹⁸ Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. ¹⁹ Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

²⁰ Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. ²¹ And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. ²² Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. ²³ He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

These men were not passive, these men were not timid, these men were Godly, these MEN WERE FIERCE. These men understood God as one who FIGHTS for us, they lived in the knowledge that they were servants to David who was a servant of the Most High God. If they served God on high who had they to fear?


In this day and age men are taught to be lazy to be meek and mild and not take charge of anything. If we study scripture we see that this is wholly a lie, Jesus burned with righteous anger at the defiling of his Fathers house and flipped tables, and drove people out with a whip. He took his Father seriously and defended his house seriously.


I struggle with this because I am not sure of how to be fierce for God's sake and not just for the sake of being fierce. Sometimes I do things that give me a glimpse of God's warrior face and it is great but it greatly frustrates me because I do not know how to walk in that. Many times I will do stupid and reckless things to feel that sense of the Warrior but it is just treating a symptom. 


Those Men who are reading this I urge you to spend time in prayer struggling through this and asking God to teach you how to be fierce for his name's sake. Ladies I ask that you would pray for the men you know to be fierce and to learn how to embrace God's warrior aspect in their lives.


One who is not worthy,
~Keegan

This Generation

This post is a little different than my other ones, more of a outpouring of my thoughts and such. Let me also say before you go any further this is just my thoughts and feelings nothing I say here should be taken as solid THIS WILL HAPPEN type of thing.

So over the last 21 years (aka my life) I have had this feeling that something drastic is going to happen. Over time it has narrowed and focused to become a basic thought. The thought is "God is going to reclaim my generation (those within the 1980 - 2000 birth range) and in specifically America we will see triumph and persecution on a scale that we have never before seen in America" So this is my prayer. That we would see victory? Yes, but persecution also.

Why persecution? Well one of the things I desire most in life is the True Gospel being proclaimed every where. By this I mean the fall of westernized religious christianity. The reason believers are persecuted in other countries is because the message that they bring is so life changing so amazing that it causes problems, big problems.

Acts 17:6 "When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, 'These men who have upset the world have come here also.'"

They were shouting, they were mad, they were furious. Because MEN who loved God and had a burden for the lost went OUT OF THEIR WAY to proclaim to them the Gospel which demands an answer. Either we accept it and as such change every aspect of our lives, or we dismiss it. There is no middle ground and that is what is missed so often.

Most people when asked if a gun was put to their head and they were asked to either reject Jesus as Lord or die respond with "You can't really know unless you are in the situation". Well maybe for you, but for me I would simply say "You ask what I cannot give for when I asked Jesus to be my Lord that was not a situational or temporary commitment but an everlasting placing of trust"

Romans 8:35-39 " ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:
   “For your sake we face death all day long;
   we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
 ³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

So in that situation I would die. For God chose me and accepted me into His family as such I cannot and will not reject Him. Are we situational believers? or are we eternally sons and daughters of the most high?