六月八日
敌人被杀仆倒的甚多，因爲这争战是出乎神。（代上5：22）
战士啊，要在主耶稣的旗帜之下争战，要用属神的快乐心情来念这一节经句，因爲古时怎样，现在也怎样，若争战是出乎神，那末胜利一定要属他。流便人、迦得人和玛拿西半支派的人只能召集四万多名勇士，但他们与夏甲人争战时却掳了“人十万”，“被杀仆倒的甚多”，因爲在他们争战时“在阵上呼求神，倚赖神”。
神施行拯救不在乎人多人少，若我们在耶和华的名下进军，虽只有寥寥数人也必获胜，因爲万军之耶和华是我们的元帅。他们幷不忽视盾牌、刀剑和弓箭，但却也不倚靠这些武器；我们必须用各种兵器来争战，但我们必须单单信靠耶和华，因爲他是他民的刀剑和盾牌。这次战争大获全胜的最大理由乃在于“争战是出乎神”。
亲爱的读者呀！在争战的时候，不论是外面的或里面的仇敌、信心上或行事上的错误、高处的或是低处的属灵罪恶、魔鬼或他的同侪们的攻击，你乃是爲耶和华争战，除非他受挫，你是不用怕失败的。不要因仇敌衆多而气馁丧胆，不要因困难和不可能而畏缩退后，不要因受伤和死亡而趑趄不前；要用圣灵两刃的利剑奋战，那末敌尸必然盈城盈野，枕藉如山。
这争战既是神的，他必将仇敌交在我们手中。我们要用坚定的脚、强壮的手、无畏的心、炽烈的热诚，全力迎战，那末衆敌必然像风前的糠秕一样。“奋起奋起爲耶稣，交战时日无多，今日虽闻干戈声，明日即奏凯歌。忠心受难得胜者，必得生命冠冕，与主同死同复活，永远同操王权。”
June
8
“There
fell down many slain, because the war was of God.” — 1 Chronicles 5:22
Warrior, fighting under the banner of the
Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old
so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is sure. The sons of Reuben, and
the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh could barely muster five and forty
thousand fighting men, and yet in their war with the Hagarites, they slew
“men, an hundred thousand,” “for they cried to God in the
battle, and He was entreated of them, because they put their trust in
Him.” The Lord saveth not by many nor by few; it is ours to go forth in
Jehovah’s name if we be but a handful of men, for the Lord of Hosts is with us
for our Captain. They did not neglect buckler, and sword, and bow, neither did
they place their trust in these weapons; we must use all fitting means, but our
confidence must rest in the Lord alone, for He is the sword and the shield of
His people. The great reason of their extraordinary success lay in the fact
that “the war was of God.” Beloved, in fighting with sin without and
within, with error doctrinal or practical, with spiritual wickedness in high
places or low places, with devils and the devil’s allies, you are waging
Jehovah’s war, and unless He himself can be worsted, you need not fear defeat.
Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not from difficulties or
impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, smite with the two-edged sword
of the Spirit, and the slain shall lie in heaps. The battle is the Lord’s and
He will deliver His enemies into our hands. With steadfast foot, strong hand,
dauntless heart, and flaming zeal, rush to the conflict, and the hosts of evil
shall fly like chaff before the gale.
Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song:
To him that overcometh,
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally.
