In an Instagram world, we need men who don’t just show up looking good but show up outfitted for battle. Men with the guts and determination to live a righteous life ... not only in public but also in private.
When they show up, they’re already prayed up. Prayer in private produces power in public. We need men who show up…and show up with some grit.
Teddy Roosevelt said only the man in the arena knows the “triumph of high achievement ... or if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” Then, “...his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat.”
James said that the authentic Christian man is one who, “... looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the word, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
Don’t just hear the word of God, do the word. Be a warrior of faith. A warrior in prayer and a warrior in the arena. It’s a fight, but you were made for it.
A Scottish proverb states, “If you don’t have blood on your kilt, you’re just a dancer.”
Don’t pose - pray.
