According to the Hymn ''It pays to serve Jesus''...The last line of the Chorus says: I'll be a true Soldier, I'll die at my post. A true Soldier in our context today is an unknown and usually unsung soldier...Urriah the Hitite.
Urriah was a relatively unknown Soldier in the army of Israel at that time. Why have I classified Urriah who is a relatively unknown soldier to be a true one.
1. Atrue Soldier will reject enjoyment and comfort even when an higher authority offers Him/her one - 2sam. 11:8-9...
why? - he had reverence for the ark of God which signifies the presence of God; He reverenced His boss, The army captain, he thought about His colleagues.., Do we really put all these into consideration before we grab that offer to rest, leave or even Sabbatical 2sam.11:10-11
2. Lie with my wife!, that was not part of what David sent Him to do - David told Him to go into the House and wash his feet - but He had the consciousness of what could have happened if he went home.
True Soldiers should be at alert as they should know what the step they are about to take entails, - They should know that they can't just go home without lying with their wives.
3. Even when a true soldier is supposedly ''drunk'', He still has his senses and he still understand the concepts and the rudiments of the things he should do not even after the kings bottles of wine- a true soldier will still never get carried away - He will never go home.
4. A true soldier delivers a message exactly as he is sent even though it contained his DEATH SENTENCE - no cross checking, no second thoughts-He delivered the message duly...2sam.11:14-15
5. A true Soldier will be proud to die in the course of duty/line of duty. 2sam.11:16-17
BENEFITS OF A TRUE SOLDIER
1. He has a share in the ancestry of Jesus. matt.1:4
2. His glory/history/story will never be passed to any man...Urriah's name was still attached to Batsheba as the official husband....That will not be taken away from a true soldier.
Peeps as you read this, think about it...are you a true Soldier. will you go to the extreme in line of duty as urriah did.
Prayer Point: Lord, help me not to get carried away in the course of duty.
help me to stay in duty and even DIE at my post gallantly as a Soldier that I am.
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