40 Days with Moses 2025 Year of Exposure Day 25: Our Lord is a mighty Warrior.

“The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There’s something about a good fight that grabs people’s attention. In fact, some of the all time most popular movies have been war movies. The good guys, against all odds, winning over bad guys scenario, is ubiquitous.

Now, some may surmise that this interest in war comes from the dark side of humanity. But maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to make that determination. Allow me to explain; but first I will digress.

A few years back the Lord spoke to me, saying, “Janet, you talk about wanting to be a warrior but you don’t want to fight.”

You see, I pastored over a women’s ministry for over 35 years. Understand, I never saw women’s ministry as needing a totally different approach than that used in men’s ministry.

I never focused on topics traditionally associated with ministering to women. For example, I assumed that women hear enough about their emotions. So—rather than approaching women as slaves to their emotions, easily entertained by shiny objects—I have always approached women as being potential warriors.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I believe in the fact that there are two genders and that the male gender is more suited to combat situations. But I wasn’t trying to prepare women to go out and fight Isis. Rather, I was trying to prepare women to become warriors in the spirit, warriors for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.

Yes, occasionally I got grief over my approach to women’s ministry; but the overwhelming response was the embracing of the concept of women’s potential for using their power in the spirit to bring down strongholds and prepare the way for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.

As to what the Lord said about my not wanting to fight:

I had grown tired in my spirit, tired of going against certain flows. I hadn’t realized that I had inwardly retreated from the “firing line,” but I had. So, the Lord called me to the frontline for active duty and away from my spiritual “desk job,” far from the fray.

Now back to our question concerning where our interest in fighting originates.

Certainly, the interest in violence for violence sake, the fascination with bloodsport, is not from the Lord. But, the interest in battle training and fighting for the right comes from our Lord!

“The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭42:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Indeed, our Lord is mighty in battle. Not only that, He teaches us how to wage war.

“Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle—”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭144:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yes, although the Lord is the Prince of Peace, He is also the Mighty God!

Today we find Moses expressing the greatness of God in battle. In fact, as he had prophesied to the people (Exodus 14:14), he had just seen the Lord destroy the armies of Egypt without the Israelites having to raise a hand, much less a sword.

How good it is to know that the Lord will soon fight again, bringing all principalities, powers, and dominions to bow at His feet.

“Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19:11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As for us? Many times we grow tired and want to retreat from the battle because we have been trying to fight in our own strength; or we have been distracted and drained by fighting battles the Lord never called us to fight.

We must allow the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us to our battleground and to train us for what we should do when we get there.

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

Our Lord is a mighty Warrior.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!