Part of the Journey.....

Several months ago, I was talking to my son Bobby about the enemy. I explained to him that we live in a world at war and that we must constantly be aware that the enemy is present. As part of the discussion, we talked about the traditional story of the birth of Jesus. We talked about the little “precious moments” type angels floating above the manger and the shepherds and maybe a cute little donkey standing somewhere around the manger looking at Jesus. I then turned to Revelation Chapter 12 and explained to my Bobby what was really happening that glorious night. I explained to him the story that he would probably never see on a flannel board in Sunday school…. Bobby was immediately captured by this story. I could see it stirring something in his heart, the excitement and adventure that he experienced in that moment – the mighty angels of God’s army defending the baby Jesus from the enemy that wanted to kill him. We talked about enemy being cast down to the earth and the determination of the enemy to wage war on mankind. Bobby has read this story many times and I know at least one time that he sat my wife Tammy down and read it to her. Very exciting to see this reality bestowed upon him. Today we were driving to down town Seattle to pick up grandma from the train station. It was Tammy, myself, Rebecca, and Joey. Rebecca was sleeping and we were just driving along listening to a CD that Bobby had made a few days prior. The song “Voice of Truth” came on and we were kind of singing along to it and Joey (age 5) said, “hey dad, I bet you don’t think I know what this song is talking about”…… and I said “well what is it about son?”… Joey replied, “its about the devil trying to kill us and Jesus coming to save us, I love Jesus”…… he went on to say, “Bobby told me all about in the bible, we are lucky for Jesus”. I love that the boys are getting this message and beginning to understand what forces exist in this world that will one day need be dealt with by them. They are young today and at different stages in their masculine development, but the fact that the enemy is here is already understood and the boys are not scared, they know that Jesus is with us and the army’s of God will protect us. God is Good!