“No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.” (v. 4)

Be honest:

How entangled are you with civilian life?

Yes, you should be an informed citizen. Yes, you should be a quality neighbor. And yes, you should be interested and engaged and involved in your community.

But how entangled are you?

The Gospel calling calls us out. It challenges the worldly things we permit and pervert. It considers our political obsessions and our social media addictions and our rank materialism, and it puts them to shame. The Gospel calling sets the Lord as YOUR Lord—and that should be fundamentally unentangled.

Let’s let go of some of the “civilian” distractions. Instead, let’s serve the Commander, whose purpose of grace is wholly captivating.

— Tyler