This song shall be included in my CHRISTIAN FOLKS album. This one is unique in that it was written while I was living in the jungle in Southern Venezuela. It felt like a breath of fresh air in a minor writer's block I had at the time. I attribute that to the fact that I had been removed from my culture; the immersion in constant music and entertainment, and into a simpler daily life of having to work to obtain the basic necessities of life. The only music and entertainment we had access to was that we made ourselves, singing and playing the beater guitar I brought along on the trip.
The basic song idea came out of my study of 2nd Corinthians 10 and verses 1 through 5 specifically. To me it was very significant also because the year before, a war had broken out while the last missionary team was there and so we did quite a bit of thinking and praying about the imminent danger of living with the indiginous peoples there in the jungle. But the weapons of our warfare were of a spiritual kind, and I was reminding myself that our war was not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers in opposition to God Himself. So we were on the side of might and infinite power and at a time of feeling vulnerable in an unfamiliar environment and that was very comforting!
So give it a listen; I hope you like it and it inspires you to dig deeper into God's Word and protection. Take up your swords my fellow warriors!!! Here's the lyrics:
THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
Words & music by Reggie Michaud © 1984
(ref: 2nd Corinthians 10: 1-5)
I became a soldier in God’s holy army
When I gave my life to the Lord
I will fear no evil or any worldly disaster
Because my safety lies in the hands of God
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself
Against the knowledge of God
I will recruit you by the gentleness and meekness
In Christ through whom we all must abide
For thought we walk in the flesh, we war not after the flesh
For to live is Christ and to die is gain!
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself
Against the knowledge of God
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Bringing into captivity every foolish thought a man can have
To the obedience of Christ
The basic song idea came out of my study of 2nd Corinthians 10 and verses 1 through 5 specifically. To me it was very significant also because the year before, a war had broken out while the last missionary team was there and so we did quite a bit of thinking and praying about the imminent danger of living with the indiginous peoples there in the jungle. But the weapons of our warfare were of a spiritual kind, and I was reminding myself that our war was not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers in opposition to God Himself. So we were on the side of might and infinite power and at a time of feeling vulnerable in an unfamiliar environment and that was very comforting!
So give it a listen; I hope you like it and it inspires you to dig deeper into God's Word and protection. Take up your swords my fellow warriors!!! Here's the lyrics:
THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
Words & music by Reggie Michaud © 1984
(ref: 2nd Corinthians 10: 1-5)
I became a soldier in God’s holy army
When I gave my life to the Lord
I will fear no evil or any worldly disaster
Because my safety lies in the hands of God
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself
Against the knowledge of God
I will recruit you by the gentleness and meekness
In Christ through whom we all must abide
For thought we walk in the flesh, we war not after the flesh
For to live is Christ and to die is gain!
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself
Against the knowledge of God
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty
Through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Bringing into captivity every foolish thought a man can have
To the obedience of Christ
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