Chapter 2 You’re in the Army Now
Excerpted from Women, Get in the Army of God by Dawn Wilson. Copyright © 2005. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved.
"In the last chapter, you heard God’s call to join His army. You heard His call to
take your position in the great host of women proclaiming His tidings. You heard
His call to take your position in the mighty army of women. Now let’s look at these
questions: 1) Can you as a wife and mother take your place in active duty service
in God’s army? 2) Does being a wife and mother disqualify you from having a
part?
Psalm 68: 11-12 The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the
tidings are a great host: 12. “Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains
at home will divide the spoil!”
We see that the great host of women who proclaim the tidings will divide the spoils
with she who remains at home. There is a season of inactive duty for women, as
well as for men. We see in Deuteronomy 20: 5-7 and Deuteronomy 24: 5 that men
have a season of being exempt from going to war. These men have been given a
season of inactive service."
and
"Just as it is with men, there is a time of inactive service for the women who are in
God’s army. Women who stay at home will share the spoils with she who serves
in active duty. There is a time and season in each woman’s life when she must be
on inactive status for varied reasons. The reason can be having an infant and
toddlers to care for or it can be caring for elderly parents. The reasons for this
season are varied, but as with men, this season is a short season, and we are
soon called back to active duty.
Now let us look at women who are wives and mothers who hear the call of God
out of inactive status back to active duty. Let’s answer these questions from
Scripture. Can we be wives … can we be mothers … and still fill our place in the
army of God? I believe the answer is yes. Let’s look at Deborah."