The church can be likened to the multiple branches of the military. Each branch has an assignment in order to protect the nation. Each branch takes great pride in their branch and their assignment. However, if the multiple branches do not remember they are not the only branch, they will not honor and respect the other branches, let alone share information that may be helpful for other branches. We must know what branch we are called to function in, without forgetting we are connected to other branches that are fighting for the same cause as we are for the protection, deliverance and salvation of the same nation.

John 15 says, Jesus is the vine, His Father is the vine dresser and we are the branches. This means each branch has a function and it serves a purpose, but we all are connected to the same vine and we all have the same Father who is our vine dresser. Some branches get pruned in order to be more fruitful, similar to Gideon’s army who was brought down to 300 in order to win the war they were called to fight. Remember, we are many branches of the same military allied with one God Jesus the Christ as our head, commander and chief.

If you are in the Air Force of this military, you will do Ephesians 6:12 air warfare. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” If you are in the Army of this military, you will be boots on the ground, Mark 8 people. “In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.”

We may have different roles to play for the sake of our nation, but we are both doing what we have been called to for the salvation of a nation. I am an Air Force branch member, I do air warfare, Intercessory prayer, prophetic adventures, blowing of the shofar, salting of rivers, this is what I am called to do. My best friend is Army, boots on the ground, feeding people who are hungry, laying hands on the sick so they recover. We are not in competition, we complement each other. I need her and she needs me. Church, we must know what branch we are called to function in and not be in competition with others as though they are not adding value to the salvation of a nation because they are in a different branch of the same military we are in.