Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a ManSample

Becoming a Warrior

Without great wars, there are no great generals. Our God is indeed a warrior, leading angel armies in great victories through the ages. Let us not forget, “The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name” (Exodus 15:3). It is as warriors that we bring a central expression of the heart of God to a world in desperate need. Since the fall of man, an undercurrent has been pulling toward passivity, fear, and even disdain for the warrior. God knows the damage that has occurred to so many because of the warrior gone wrong. Yet the path to becoming the kind of king to whom God can entrust his kingdom must include the process of cultivating the warrior-heart of God, in the heart of a man. 

One key to recovering the ancient path is to learn courage. To become the kind of person who “drinks life like water and death like wine.” A defender of the defenseless. The kind of warrior and the kind of king who can spend himself in a worthy cause and is willing to die a thousand deaths on behalf of those entrusted to his care. It is this deep warrior ethic that must be recovered if a man is to mature into his intended place in God’s kingdom.

Reflection Questions

1. Where can you identify the warrior-heart God has set with you? 
2. Where have you seen it go sideways in your life? What have been the consequences?
3. Describe how you would view yourself operating out of the warrior heart set within you if it was fully healed and matured.

Closing Prayer

Father, through the death of Jesus, you have disarmed the power, authority, and rule of evil. Through his resurrection and ascension, you have established your authority over the evil one and his kingdom. Thank you, Jesus, for granting to me all the authority granted to you by our Father (Luke 10:19). I enforce your kingdom. I enforce your rule. Father, through Jesus Christ crucified, resurrected, and ascended, I enforce your authority in my kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. I agree with your intentions, and I give you full say over everything you’ve entrusted to me. I open the gates of my kingdom to your kingdom (Psalm 24:7).