In a long phone conversation yesterday with a man from the west coastal area of the country, I sensed that he was affected by a spirit of this modern age that plagues many a professing believer. He bemoaned the condition of the people of the world and this country. He sounded very dejected and put out, almost depressed by it all.
Somewhere in the middle of the discussions and sharing, I interjected with the fact that no matter what is happening in the world, God is still in control, and that nothing of what we would say is "bad" happens that He does not allow...speaking of the very Lord who sees every hop along the ground that every sparrow makes.
As the conversation progressed, his spirit was perceptibly affected by the message of God's control over everything. His level of hope and confidence became verbally evident. THAT, my friends, is the Lord stepping back into one's awareness of His total and complete work in our lives, no matter how strong the storm around us rages, He is with us every moment of every day.
I also encouraged him by reiterating to him that the gates of Hell cannot prevail against the Church. The anti-christ cannot walk outward through those gates with the aggressor called the Church assaulting from the outside, crashing inward. I also reminded him to not only read the scriptures, such as the book of Revelation, for not only what is stated, but also what is NOT stated. I pointed him to the complete absence of ANY mention of the Church from chapter six, onward, which is the advent of the four horsemen, and all the other outpourings of God's wrath upon this earth. The Church is all throughout the first four chapters, but nowhere beyond that in the midst of the horrors coming upon this earth.
Faith, dear ones...faith in God's control over His creation, that is what calms the storm that rages even within AFR and most all the other Christian news sources...it's always gloom and doom, with their always talking about the bad things going on, and only offering hope in the midst of it all with tiny little quips about the Lord and the strength He offers...almost as if the Lord is an after-thought.
Lift up your eyes and ears away from those depressing sources, and look upward unto your Deliverer. He alone holds the totality of your life in His Hands.
MM
Somewhere in the middle of the discussions and sharing, I interjected with the fact that no matter what is happening in the world, God is still in control, and that nothing of what we would say is "bad" happens that He does not allow...speaking of the very Lord who sees every hop along the ground that every sparrow makes.
As the conversation progressed, his spirit was perceptibly affected by the message of God's control over everything. His level of hope and confidence became verbally evident. THAT, my friends, is the Lord stepping back into one's awareness of His total and complete work in our lives, no matter how strong the storm around us rages, He is with us every moment of every day.
I also encouraged him by reiterating to him that the gates of Hell cannot prevail against the Church. The anti-christ cannot walk outward through those gates with the aggressor called the Church assaulting from the outside, crashing inward. I also reminded him to not only read the scriptures, such as the book of Revelation, for not only what is stated, but also what is NOT stated. I pointed him to the complete absence of ANY mention of the Church from chapter six, onward, which is the advent of the four horsemen, and all the other outpourings of God's wrath upon this earth. The Church is all throughout the first four chapters, but nowhere beyond that in the midst of the horrors coming upon this earth.
Faith, dear ones...faith in God's control over His creation, that is what calms the storm that rages even within AFR and most all the other Christian news sources...it's always gloom and doom, with their always talking about the bad things going on, and only offering hope in the midst of it all with tiny little quips about the Lord and the strength He offers...almost as if the Lord is an after-thought.
Lift up your eyes and ears away from those depressing sources, and look upward unto your Deliverer. He alone holds the totality of your life in His Hands.
MM
