STAYING IN THE PEA PATCH
Part 2
- It Was a Time of Great Conflict
- V. 12a IT WAS A TIME OF GREAT COURAGE
- Shammah’s Resolve – The Bible tells us that Shammah “stood”.
Eph 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, NKJV
He resolved in his heart that he would fight for that pea patch.
He made up his mind that he would not run away from the battle.
Maybe he had run before, but not this time!
Today, he would stand and he would fight, even if it cost him his life!
You see, Shammah knew that there are some things worth fighting for!
Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. NKJV
So it is in the church!
We could just stand back and watch the church go the way of the world.
We could just run away and hide while the enemy tramples everything we love under his feet.
Or we could decide today that we will take a stand!
We could make up our minds that we are tired of seeing the devil hinder the work of God.
We could resolve in our hearts today that there are some things that are worth fighting for!)
- B. Shammah’s Reason – Why did Shammah fight? He knew that without food, the people would perish.
He knew the people had to eat and that if they were going to eat, the fields had to be defended!
I’ll say it again, Shammah knew that some things were worth fighting for!
Listen I said before about working at the Children’s Home, if it doesn’t matter it don’t matter. Pick your battles. Cause some things Do matter.
Let me just suggest a few things today that are worth fighting for in this day and time.
The church,
the lost,
the Word of God,
old-fashioned praying,
preaching,
praising the Lord,
clean living,
the reputation of the church,
our families,
our young people, etc.
These things are so important that they are literally worth dying for! Where are the Shammah’s that will stand up and fight for things of God!
- Shammah’s Reward – The Bible tells us that Shammah slew the enemies of the people of God! Because he fought, he enjoyed a great victory! If he had run away like all the others, he would have been a coward and he would have been defeated. The enemy would have prevailed!
Listen, we must take a stand for the things of the Lord!
We must take our stand for that which is right and for that which is important.
If we don’t, then who will?
Haman going after the Jews. Not knowing the Queen was one. Cousin’s
Est 4:13 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” NKJV
If we, who claim to love the things of God, do not take our stand and fight for what we believe in, then when these things are lost, we must not complain.
When the enemy has secured the victory and the cause of Christ has been hindered, then we who refused to fight the “good fight of faith” have no one to blame but ourselves! If we want the reward of victory, then we must arm ourselves, stand our ground and fight for the glory of God.)
