THE BIBLE BELIEVERS SUNDAY SERVICE: All In, All The Time

The Navy SEAL motto of “All in, all the time” ought to stir every born-again Christian to examine just how seriously he or she takes their service to Jesus Christ. Soldiers willingly undergo demanding preparation and face danger because they have committed themselves to a mission. Have you? Paul places that same seriousness of purpose before the believer when he compares the Christian life to that of the soldier's life. That command reaches into the decisions we make when obedience becomes uncomfortable. Will we speak the gospel when someone might reject us? Will we give our time to helping another person when we already have plans? Will we stand by sound doctrine when compromising would win us approval? Jesus Christ has saved us by His grace, and His mercy deserves nothing less than wholehearted surrender. Being “all in, all the time” means making ourselves available to Him, including the parts of our lives we find hardest to surrender.

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” 2 Timothy 2:3 (KJB)

“All the time” is where that surrender becomes a daily testimony. We continue studying the King James Bible, praying for lost souls, and doing the work God has given us when the excitement of beginning has passed. A Bible placed into a prisoner’s hands may bear fruit long after we have forgotten the delivery. A gospel witness may remain in someone’s thoughts for years before we see a response. Paul gives us reason to keep going. In these last days, we have opportunities to reach people that we must use while they are before us. Let us serve with the end of our course in view, determined by God’s grace to finish with Paul’s testimony. “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”