"Take a look at a castle. Any castle. Now break down the key elements that make it a castle. They haven't changed in a thousand years. 1: Location. A site on high ground that commands the territory as far as the eye can see. 2: Protection. Big walls, walls strong enough to withstand a frontal attack. 3: A garrison. Men who are trained and willing to kill. 4: A flag. You tell your men you are soldiers and that's your flag. You tell them nobody takes our flag. And you raise that flag so it flies high where everyone can see it. Now you've got yourself a castle."
A good friend and brother of mine is heading off to boot camp soon so it's made me think of my time in service. God is so faithful though to remind me of the battle I'm in now and how much greater this battle is than any I fought while in the Marines. I shared with some students just the other night as we stood around the flagpoles at the middle school and the high school to pray a very similar statement as the one from the movie.
We look at all the things going on within our schools and think to ourselves how much the enemy has reign there and it's just simply not true, he only has reign where we allow. As I seek to lead students in and through this battle, I have to tell them the same thing Robert Redford's character General Irwin tells the men with him, "you are soldiers and that's your flag (the banner of Christ we carry) and nobody takes our flag. You raise that flag so if flies high where everyone can see it." Proclaim the ground you walk as Christ's. Just know that when you do, the enemy will come but in the power of Christ you will stand. There will be some who look at your flag and mock or even try to tear it down, stand your ground. HOLD MEN! STAND AND FIGHT!
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