Standing at the eighteenth hole on a gorgeous spring morning, one might hardly feel in danger. However, it is time we who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ accept the fact that life is warfare and that we are engaged in a conflict that is real, difficult, and dangerous. The story is told about a battle on December 7, 1941, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Out of a clear blue sky, swarms of growling aircraft descended. Suddenly, all around Pearl Harbor, ships erupted into flames and billows of oily smoke. Within those ships, men died without a moment’s warning some even asleep in their bunks. A battle was raging! Aboard the cruiser New Orleans, a chaplain named Howell M. Forgy helped a group of crewmen break into a locked ammunition storeroom so the ship could mount a defense. Once Chaplain Forgy and the other men got inside, they discovered the ammunition hoist was out of commission. So Chaplain Forgy and the other men formed a human chain, like a bucket brigade, passing heavy artillery shells from man to man up to the gun deck. The shells were heavy and the work was hard and discouraging, and it had to be carried on amid the smell of smoke and the sound of human screams and roaring planes and exploding bombs. Chaplain Forgy saw that some of the men’s arms were weakening and their faces showed signs of hopelessness. So he pasted a broad smile on his face, slapped the back of the man next to him, and shouted, “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” You and I face the same situation today. Although we are under heavy spiritual and moral attack and the devastation of this war is all around us, to survive and to win, we must mount a strong defense. We must learn to “praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” The struggle is real but the victory is sure.