Fight Until We Can Fight No More

I have the privilege of traveling for work fairly frequently and I get to hear some amazing speakers and artists.  I was in San Francisco this past summer and Paul Byrom was singing for one of the main events of the conference.

Paul Byrom is an Irish Tenor who performed with Celtic Thunder for many years.  He often comes to the United States to perform and also travels as an ambassador for Ireland.  This alone piqued my interest because of my Irish heritage and my love of Irish music.  I was even more interested when I heard him start to sing "Ireland's Call", the national anthem of Ireland.

What really resonated with me is the theme behind the song.  For those of you who have not heard Ireland's Call (I had not before this past summer), here is the song:

What stands out to me the most are these words from the song:

Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer our Country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Hearts of steel and heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight until we can fight no more
'Til our final requiem is spoken

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

The connection to me is that we, as Christians, have a call on our lives from our Father, who resides in Heaven, the Country we all long for.  The battle is fierce in this world and we must fight with our spiritual weapons to be salt and light.  This is the day and hour to answer that call- to fight until we can fight no more, 'til our very last requiem is spoken.

In my own life, the enemy has attempted many times to take me out through an offense done to me by someone else.  This is one of his greatest weapons, to have believers focus on the offense and let down their spiritual armor to walk in the flesh.  I can speak from experience that the enemy has then gained ground in two people's lives- the offender and the offended.

Now is the time to recognize the attacks of the enemy and stand together to answer the call of the Lord on our lives.  We must battle in prayer and fight every attack with the Word.  

Followers of Jesus
Together Standing Tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Heaven's call

Just this week I heard another song with great lyrics, "Love Alone is Worth the Fight", by Switchfoot.

Actually, my favorite words from the song are the words in the title, "Love Alone is Worth the Fight".  Another portion of lyrics from the song is "we're only here for a season".  Absolutely, and in this season, while we still have breath, we should be bringing all glory and honor to Him.  His love is so great that he sent His only son to die for us- what amazing love.  Love alone is worth the fight to battle in the spiritual, fight every attack of the enemy with the truth of the Word and point others to Him "'til our very last requiem is spoken".