I have a dear friend who has just completed the Crucible in the Marine Corps. Luke has been going through basic training, and this was his final test of strength, endurance, and moral resolve. His recruitment class began with 150 but has dwindled down to 70 tough men. Luke started out as a young man but has grown into a Marine. This final test involved 54 hours of minimal sleep, minimal food, marching 60 miles with full gear and various other deprivations. It simulated the dangers and pressures of combat. Luke called himself a recruit but can now call himself a Marine. What a beautiful picture of the Christian life! Paul told his young protégé Timothy in II Timothy 2:3&4, “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” Hey, this life is no picnic! We are called by our Commander, Jesus Christ, to be soldiers of the cross. So ,,, sempre fi!
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