I will be soldierly at all times. The chief requirement of the soldier is the surrender of his will. Other things are irrelevant. The disposition of his time, his duties, and his responsibilities is entirely in the hands of his commander, and they are not his business. If Christ has my will, He will also have my body, my mind, my strength, my ambitions, my inclinations, my attitudes, in short, my all. The will is the key. When I am tempted it is in the will that the victory will be won or lost. Temptation gives me alternatives: I can submit and lose or resist and win. There is ample power for either. Christ gives me power to resist; my old nature gives me power to submit. But the key is the will. If I will to resist, Christ will empower me as He has promised; if I will to submit, I only need to let the old nature take over. Whoever has my will is my master. I there-fore must decide daily, hourly: shall Christ have my will, or shall it be some other master? The decision is instantaneous; the results are eternal.
My hope is based on the twofold action of God: “God … is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). While God does not make up my mind, He strengthens my resolve. Even more, He brings my resolution to a finished product “for His good pleasure.” Thus, I can honor the Lord’s intent and say, “It can be done.”
“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:3).
Daily with the King 