Spiritual Insights for Soldiers
We know that it’s essential to have the the superior force when taking an enemy position. To take out a section, you need a platoon, to take out a platoon, a Company and so on; a ratio of 3:1. Add to that, air superiority and mortar or even artillery support and you’ve got total confidence going forward.
I was thinking about this in regard to the mob that came to arrest Jesus prior to His execution…
Force-Multipliers are a way of making something of greater effect through less: “In military science, force multiplication or a force multiplier is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other hardware) the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it (Wikipedia).” Mankind was always meant to be God’s Force-Multipliers (image-bearers) on the earth…
Every frontline branch of the military will have its own Recce sections. For example, the SF will be able to reconstruct buildings, whole villages and rehearse complex plans to ensure the best outcome and mission success based on a good reconnaissance patrol.
Before dismissing God as an angry, egotistical, ogre-god who takes pleasure in, or ignores our suffering, look at Jesus—do your own due diligence—who in every respect was the very essence, character and nature of God.
Any military force that does not invest in gathering intelligence about its potential and actual enemies is already weakened when called upon to fight…
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