“During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered” – Hebrews 5:7-8
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, the Vicomte of Turenne, was one of the greatest military commanders during the reign of French King Louis XIV. Beginning his military career in the Thirty Years’ War, he subsequently commanded the royal armies in the civil war of the Fronde, in the French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands, and in the third Dutch War. More than a century later, Napoleon deemed him history’s greatest military leader.
One time when the Vicomte de Turenne marched into battle ahead of his troops, he said the following: “I CONDUCT myself like a brave man, but all the time I'm afraid. I don't give in to the fear, but say to my body, 'Tremble, old carcass, but walk!' And my body walks.”
Even when we are afraid, we need to be obedient to the Lord. Today in prayer, confess any sin of disobedience and seek to follow Christ in all that you do.
“Our gratitude to God can be expressed only in loving, humble obedience to his will.” – Batsell Barrett Baxter
God’s Word: “And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!” – Philippians 2:8
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