The Fifth Columnists
EPHESIANS 2:4,6
God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us… raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Have you ever heard of the term “fifth columnist”? No, it’s not a writer for a newspaper. It’s a term used in the military that goes back to the early twentieth century when the Spanish army general Emilio Mola Vidal termed a tactic that had been used for centuries. As armies approached their target, the soldiers marched in four columns. The city being attacked could easily see the four columns coming. But what they didn’t know about were the fifth columnists. The fifth columnists had moved into the city sometime beforehand as covert operatives. They had become doctors and lawyers, politicians and businesspeople, infiltrating the land that would be attacked a year later. In other words, they were saboteurs.
They made preparations for the invasion. By the time the four columns marched, the fifth columnists would have already caused havoc on the inside. The four columns could do what they needed to do because of the subversives working internally. God expects every Christian who is functioning in a business, a school, or our society at large to be a fifth columnist. As you live out your destiny, He expects you to be part of His army that works behind enemy lines to bring about His greater good. He wants you to represent the interests of heaven in the locality of earth where He has placed you. Fifth columnists don’t become part of the culture. They just function at the level they need to in order to help facilitate the bigger plan of their homeland. Always remember that your feet may be firmly planted on earth, but you are likewise seated in the heavenlies, and God wants you to be a part of causing His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Dear God, I pray for Your insight as I go about my day so that I will know how to incorporate Your worldview into all that I do. Make me an instrument of good to everyone I come into contact with—those who do not yet know You as well as those who do.
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