We can either advance the kingdom or let it be taken. 

Matthew 11:12 (KJV)  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 

War is a violent thing. War is not pretty, not a glorious venture. With that being said, each and every Christian is apart of a war, we all enlisted the moment we took Jesus as our Savior..  

We are soldiers in His army, and we are all called to advance and build His kingdom. Our job, our primary duty, when not in worship, is to advance the kingdom.  

The kingdom, much like our personal relationship with God, only has two options, either we are moving forward and gaining ground, or we are giving ground.  

If we are not doing our part to move and spread the kingdom, then we are only allowing the enemy to claim ground, whether intentional or not, this is the reality of it.  

There is violence against the kingdom, and we can either be violent in return (not in flesh, but in Spirit)  or we can just give up and allow evil and wickedness to reign.  

We each must make a decision every day on what we will do that day, are we going to commit to advancing and building, or are we going to allow the enemy to take it? 

Will we stand in the way against evil, or will we continue to give way? The choice is up to each individual.  

Like Joshua I declare this  

“ Joshua 24:15 (KJV)  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”