This chapter was actually quite interesting. This war is not geographical; the "war" between sin and righteousness in every family section was one that really stuck. How it is being fought everywhere we go and in everything we do practically. It has physical effects on us through our successes and failures all the time. Partnership of ox and people; not everyone should be a missionary or a pastor. This is very true. We must be able to help the people that do go into dangerous areas and the people that risk their lives just to say the name of Jesus. We must support the people that God has called to be teachers of His word. Just because some of us aren't out there being missionaries to foreign countries doesn't mean we can just sit around and hope for the best, we need to continue to learn what the Bible teaches so we may be able to share it with anyone we come across in need.
"His aim is to be known, because knowing him is life and joy. He does not call us out of the world. He does not remove the need to work. He does not destroy society and culture. Through his scattered saints he spreads a passion for his supremacy in all things for the joy of all people. If you work like the world, you will waste your life."
That little section is my favorite. God knows what we are capable of and he knows the best way for us to give him glory. He keeps us on the earth so we may do so. Not everyone on this earth is a believer so we will bring Him even more praise. This passion he has given us allows us to have eternal life and joy.
"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life?" Mark 8:36-37
