A warrior is a person engaged or experienced in warfare, a soldier, one who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness. I rarely think of Jesus this way but lately the living word has been helping me see this persona. Jesus as Warrior shows us how to sacrifice himself for the good of others. And to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children – the future of humanity.
Jesus came primarily as a warrior whose final enemy is death. He is a cosmic warrior who has come to do battle with those forces that keep us from being fully alive. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus deals with the effects of death and a death-obsessed culture: violence, hatred, egotism, exclusion, false religion, phony community. But the final enemy He must face down is death itself. He went into death’s domain, gets into close quarters with it, took it on and prevailed.
I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
John 11:25
Thank you, Lord, for being a cosmic warrior that wants me to live fully alive.
Smitten With Goodness 