| Of the men that “came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,” were these fifty thousand of the tribe of Zebulon, “which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.” What a lesson for us Christians who are engaged in warfare with Satan and his host of evil spirits, “that thou … mightest war a good warfare.” Zebulon’s hosts were “expert in war, with all instruments of war,” even as we are exhorted to “put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” So we need “the whole armor of God”; we need “all instruments of war” which He has provided for us. And as we use them, let us “keep rank,” each one in the place of God’s assignment, without jealousy, criticism or hurt feelings toward others. And let us not be “of double heart,” for “a double minded man is unstable in all his ways,” and “no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” |
