Let me turn your attention to our military for a moment. (It doesn't have to be American, although I am especially partial!)…any military will do for my illustration. What are some characteristics you can think of? Feel free to leave your comments! Here are some I thought of: looks sharp disciplined works hard defends a cause not focused on selfish desires Now, there's no doubt a number of other characteristics that could be added to this; but this gives us a good start. This is an excellent comparison for us, Christian! There are so many countless people today who call themselves "Christians," and yet really have no desire to follow the Savior. (perhaps I'll save that for another post!) At any rate, God calls us to have all of those characteristics, and yet too many Christians today would rather just do their own thing. What a shame! I think our military today would call that going "AWOL," (meaning Abse...