5/12/2025
"In the conflict between the believer and the powers
of darkness, the inner chamber is the place where
the decisive victory is obtained."
Andrew Murray
"This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
(1 John 5:4)
The day sparks more controversy, as we gather to pray, but this time speculations are met with Biblical counsel and Word of God truth. Not so with social media or journalism. I realize we must have an "edge" to be considered a good journalist, but what about accuracy? Doesn't that count for anything? Plus, let's consider the word "strategy," that could certainly be in the big picture. Again, all this anti-Biblical rhetoric rips my days apart. So, I turn to what I know to do, beginning with tears and repentance for a nation, a world that always wants to "best" someone. What good are special meetings, or prayer walks, or prayer schools to teach us how to pray the word of God, the only word that matters, only so those in attendance can respond to differing opinions of what is truly going on behind closed doors! When are we going to use what we have in our spiritual wardrobe? In all the guessing games we play, when do we consult with the Commander and Chief of the Armies of Heaven rather than presume or surmise based on what the other guy is saying! When will we refuse to listen to any other voice, any other words than those of our Blessed LORD?!
I am very aware of what is going on, being said, and I am also very tired of trying to connect with Christians who should know better than to jump to conclusions. Who should be savvy enough to recognize the very visible evidence of lawlessness, perversity, greed, lust for power, and eagerness to shed innocent blood that ran amuck for four years of terror and accusations against those who were trying to live righteously. Now, God in His infinite mercy has given us grace, but our time is short, and the accusers are still trying to bring false accusations again lawful and just men and women, even in the Church. How can we not see that God has strategically placed men and women in places of authority, and has given them godly counselors to encourage them on the path of righteousness. So what if all they think may happen happens?! Does this make God's Word of no effect? Certainly not. Didn't Paul the Apostle say as much when he was writing the epistle to the church in Galatia? or in other locations where new believers, and sometimes older ones, were contending for the faith but listening to every wind of doctrine, tossed back and forth? Is that not what James exhorted the church to avoid? We must put distance between us and such people; we must run from false teachers or pastors or naysayers who try to take our focus away from the truth of God's word?
Why is the church still sleeping when the trumpet has sounded, alarms are going off! Why are they continuing to exalt programs, build larger churches, yet ignorant of the prophetic signs of Christ's return saying it is not relevant for today? Who are these people, and do they know Jesus Christ our Messiah who bleed and died for our sins, or is this a fictitious account of a hero, as those in a comic world. What will it take for people to understand, or care to understand and take a stand!
I'm listening to a worship video by Jesus Image, and the church is packed with thousands of teenagers and young adults worshiping Jesus, inviting the King into the room. And not just younger people but much older than I, dancing before our Lord, running almost to the altar for salvation, rededicating their lives to Christ. I imagine that is considered heresy by some theologians who think they are bigger than life. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is truly Good News. Even King David danced with all his might when returning the ark of the covenant to the temple. When God filled the temple with His presence Solomon and all the leaders, citizens with their families rejoiced, danced, worshiped, sang, feasted before the Lord. Why do so few welcome His presence?!
I just finished a Bible study through Harvest Ministries discipleship online community, which is highly recommended for those who desire a closer walk with Jesus. This epistle is one I have spent a great deal of time studying, alone with the Lord, understanding that we are not fighting flesh and blood - people. This goes higher, and it began with the fall of man, after the fall of Lucifer, known in heaven as the morning star, and a third of the angels from heaven, when they rebelled against God. This battle is very real, and while the attack is spiritual, it plays out in the natural, as many are beguiled and tricked into doing his bidding. But we, as followers of Jesus Christ, cannot give sway to the lies and destruction, or the distractions of this age. We need to be alert, active, and watching. And we must be about our Father's business.
This is where we are, a time more closely characterized by the wisdom of Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
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