God’s Soldier

“Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.” – 2 Timothy 2:3,4 In the Roman Empire, soldiers were called legionaries, and their job was extremely dangerous because they were constantly fighting barbarians and other rogue attackers. In fact, when a young man signed up to join the Roman ranks, he committed to giving 25 years of his life to the cause. That meant no marriage, no family, and no outside endeavors — for a quarter of a century, that person belonged to the empire. However, the flip side was that there were great rewards for choosing this path, especially for someone who came from an impoverished family.  In those days, the poor typically stayed poor, but any legionary who made it through the full term of service