A little while ago, I had the joy to speak
with an Atheist and find out a little bit more about my God. A few weeks ago,
we watched God’s Not Dead again and I listened as the authority of a leader was
used to bully a group of people into turning their back on God. Two weeks ago,
the enemy came upon my wife and I as we prepared for Sunday service in the form
of misunderstanding, chaos and distraction. Last week, the enemy came upon us
in the form of confusion and commotion.
When the focus is on Christ, the enemy gets
mad and will throw everything he has at you. There have been times when I have
wondered why; why me Lord, what have I done to deserve this? Then I remember
His promise “I will never leave you nor forsake you”. A very wise and wonderful
mentor once told me that if you are not making the devil nervous, if you are
not praying for God’s will, if you are playing it lukewarm, living on pabulum
rather than serving up meat and potatoes, then Satan is going to leave you
alone and let you keep on keeping on. If you are making the devil nervous,
rocking his boat and claiming victory in the name of God then be ready because
he is going to be very upset.
The devil knows his future but he is going to
try to steal every soul he can before his time is up. Satan will use any method
he can to take the focus off God from simple things like addictions and
acceptance of the lukewarm (we call it political correctness at times) to
outright spiritual warfare. You see the devil knows his future and is preparing
for his demise because our God, Creator of all the universe and Master of all
His creation, reigns supreme and, in the end, He wins! We know Eternity, His
name is Jehovah.
We also know finite (we call him Lucifer); he is wrapped in
evil and will not know anything past his expiration date. As the time draws
near, he will fight harder to steal as much as he can. The time has come to
take back what the devil has stolen and, in the name of Christ, this can happen
because Jesus lives and the Spirit is with us always! May His blessing and
power be with us all as we preach the Good News!
Shalom
Pastor Todd
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