“The time is coming daughter, when ‘gung ho’ will mean more than you think. I need you and your friends to begin to train My troops, waste no time, spare not—blow the trumpet and begin to train them as soon as they arrive.

“Begin with where they want to be —not with where they are. Require higher standards of them than were required of you. Love them tenaciously, ferociously, and fervently. Demonstrate that unconditional love with acts of kindness, expressions of affection, and loyalty beyond family ties. Serve them, lead them and pour out your life for them even as you require that they do the same for you.

“Teach them first the laws of sowing and reaping. They will come to you because they see your harvest—let them know you earned it by sowing fruits of righteousness, and grace-filled acts of compassion—by being spirit-filled, spirit-led and spirit-driven.

“Teach them secondly to get over themselves. The time is too short to waste time on ‘somebody done somebody wrong’ songs in your vernacular. The time is too short to waste time on the past in Mine. Teach them by showing them the lives of men and women who accomplish far more with far less. Bring them into acquaintance with these friends of yours—I will set it up. Do not worry that they will leave you for them. If they do, they were not yours to keep, to disciple or to profit with.

“Teach them thirdly to never give up. They must endure hardness as good soldiers, for I do not want an army that cannot go the distance, nor cannot go it in good speed. Time is fleeting; many players are on the field now waiting to take advantage of the moment. You must not be lacking in these days—nor should your disciples be lacking either. They cannot quit. If they do—it will be fatal. If they do—they will learn the hard way My enemy is a much harder taskmaster.

“Lastly teach them to love Me with their whole hearts, unashamedly, passionately, and to communicate that love in every way possible beginning with their own families. If they have been instruments of more than wounding, if they have harmed others, teach them they must not only repent, they must make restitution. I will lead them to know what to do and how to do it, but you must teach them not to try to get by with half-covenant relationships.

“Gung ho! My army must be passionate, enthusiastic and wholeheartedly committed. They must be zealous and persevering. They must be eager to do war. And they must possess unquestioned loyalty both to you and to Me.

“You wonder why I use the term—gung ho? Daughter, the day will come when those from the east—those who know the term “gung ho” will seek to make My people pay for their love for Me in ways that are detestable and evil beyond your means to understand.

“Now perhaps you understand My fervent desire for you to spend time with Me. Now perhaps you understand My urgency in desiring that My troops be properly equipped and trained. In some cases, you have only a few days. In others, only weeks or months and in some years. But since you do not know the times and seasons which I have in My power you must remain sensitive to My Spirit at every moment of the day and night. I love you and I trust that you will remain obedient in all that I ask of you.”

I had to look up the term, “gung ho” to see what it really meant and found this definition.

AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY: EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC AND DEDICATED.

Our Living Language: Most of us are not aware of it today, but the word gung ho has been in English only since 1942 and is one of the many words that entered the language as a result of World War II. It comes from Mandarin Chinese gonghé, “to work together,” which was used as a motto by the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) borrowed the motto as a moniker for meetings in which problems were discussed and worked out; the motto caught on among his Marines (the famous “Carlson’s Raiders”), who began calling themselves the “Gung Ho Battalion.” From there eager individuals began to be referred to as gung ho.

The Baxters

Ezek 1:20 Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction!

One of my friends just pointed out that I neglected to put that the message “Gung Ho” was not for me personally except as I am a leader (among many) who God will use to train up end time spiritual warriors to take into the deadliest battles of all.

Also, I don’t think the Lord meant brainless, mindless “unquestioned loyalty” but rather that He was addressing a generation that love to wander and refuse to commit to anything except that which is self-serving.

Julie Baxter, October 20, 2008