The Code of the Warrior of God (Part 2)

We continue our discussion of God's warriors and their code.  Click here to read part 1.

I mentioned the warriors in scripture that possessed three similarities:
1. Presence-God's presence, experienced in invincibility and perfect success
2. Prowess-Possessed or commanded
3. Power-Being "mighty"

The first warrior mentioned in scripture is a man named Nimrod.  Here is his description:

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” Genesis 10:8-9

The word "mighty" is used three times in describing him.  We'll get to that.  Notice the description, "mighty hunter before the Lord."  This is the key to being a warrior of God: the very presence of God.  We see this with Abram and his trained men, and the victory God gave them. Melchizedek, the king of Salem and "priest of the most high God," blessed Abram with these words:

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth.

And blessed be God Most High,

who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Genesis 14:19

With all the warriors mentioned, there was this in common:  the very real presence of God. It is written,

"The LORD is with you when you are with Him." 2 Chronicles 15:2

Think of presence for a moment, spiritually, soulically, and physically.  The spiritual is the essential presence, or being. The soulical is the mind, emotion, and will, the essence of the individual.  The physical is seeing, touching, hearing, and involving yourself externally with the spiritual personality before you.

Imagine a friend walks into the room.  That friend is now present, there with you at that moment, in the very same room.  You acknowledge your friend's presence with a greeting:  "Hi!"  This simply means "I see you," like in the movie "Avatar."  Think of this as the essence of spiritual presence, to simply be together in the same room.  Now, you ask your friend, "How are you doing?"  And you really want to know!  This moves from the simply spiritual to the soulical.  You desire to know your friend's thoughts, emotions, and desires; with your will you focus your mind on how your friend is doing, and you feel sympathy emotionally for him or her.  Your friend is frustrated because he or she got into a car accident and has no transportation.  You feel bad for your friend and offer to give him or her a ride until his or her car is repaired.  This is now physical presence, physical involvement in your friend's life.  You acknowledged your friend with a greeting (spiritual presence).  You asked how your friend was doing (soulical presence).  And you got personally involved in your friend's life. (physical presence.)

Now apply this to the presence of God with a warrior.  God is "omnipresent," everywhere at once, every where he wants to be, no where he doesn't want to be.  So he is literally "physically" with the divine warrior.  The divine warrior acknowledges God's presence, and greets Him in praise and worship.  Then the warrior seeks the will of God.  Finding the will of God, the warrior submits to God and resists the devil.  As it written above, the LORD is with the warrior while the warrior is with God.  To be with God, or any other person for that matter, means you acknowledge their presence, you focus on their will, mind, and emotions, and you become actively involved in their lives.  This is the first and foremost code of the warrior of God:  To seek the very real presence of God.

Read part 3 here.