No One Cares

"Our job is not to fight the world but to win the world."- Pat Marlow

Have you ever felt paralyzed? Have you felt forced to silence, because those around you honestly don't care what you have to say. So, why should we say anything at all? "Keep silent, you don't want to offend anyone," our society tells us. We all know that it is getting ridiculous and yet it this single conviction spreads pandemonium among us day in and day out. It's not girls who run the world, it is the belief that disagreement means disrespect. The minority has become the majority. Follow me here... listen to what I have to say and take it with a grain of salt. Remember that my blog posts are not the Word of God but the opinions of someone seeking Christ. Take it, examine it, test it against the scriptures. If the Lord uses it, may He be praised. If you find something you believe untrue than throw it out. I am not putting myself up to be God or anything near him. I have studied His Word, I desire to be in His near presence, and I pray that I am like the men of Issachar, who knew the times and knew how to respond. I believe there is a time for everything and season for everything under heaven. There is a time to be silent... and a time to speak. I believe it is now time for me to speak. 

The real church is starting to go underground. But guess what, that isn't a bad thing. Every time believers have to go underground due to persecution, the church grows. I am not a pessimist. I believe revival is coming. I hear it on the wind. Yes, there is so much uncertainty in this world but MY GOD is MY CERTAINTY. He will never leave me or forsake me and He is coming back for me! He is pruning. He is weeding. Yes, there are so many fakes. Yes, it seems like there are so many doing it wrong, giving us a bad name. But if you focus on Him you begin to see Him at work all around us! GUESS WHAT?!?! OUR GOD IS ON THE MOVE!!

“They say Aslan is on the move—perhaps he has already landed,”

 -The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 

Believe it or not that really isn't why I am writing this post. Really, I just want to set the stage. You see, I have been silent on the political front for too long. I have been praying that God would give me wisdom and discernment on how to say what I feel like needs spoken. First, I am so thankful that so many people care deeply about our country. I love this country and am proud to be an American. Yet, God has been laying upon me this past year that I am first and foremost a child of God. Y'all this world is NOT my home! My home is eternal and heavenly. Guess what else?? America, no matter how great, is NOT God's chosen nation. That would be Israel. Guess who came up with the idea of kings and presidents....that was a worldly, man-made philosophy. Or have you forgotten when the children of Israel asked for a king? 

 "...Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations."

 -1 Samuel 8:5

They wanted a king like OTHER NATIONS. When Samuel, utterly distressed and angry about the situation, went to the Lord, He told him that Israel had rejected God as their king. And here we are sitting around stressed out, arguing, battling each other over the next United States President. Yes, I know what you are going to say because I said myself for so many years. "We need and want people in leadership who believe what we believe so we don't have all this SIN filled laws. We don't want legislation that is corrupt." Well, neither do I. But this is the world.... Let the world run itself into the ground. It is eventually going to happen. We can't expect the world to act like us, to legislate like us, to live like us. We are called to be different, not to force everyone else to live like us whether they like it or not. WHAT???? I know, I'm talking crazy. I warned you in the beginning. Really it doesn't come down to policies, it doesn't come down to non-gender bathrooms, abortion activists or even gay marriage legislation. The fight we are fighting Paul warned us about in Ephesians 6. It is against principalities and the dark, spiritual forces in this world. It is a battle for the soul; a battle for the everlasting and the eternal not this country or its policies or legislation. Hello people! Our focus is all wrong here and Satan is continuing to have a hay day with us in this regard! His tricks are nothing new. From the beginning of time he has been dealing in half truths. Yes, life is precious. Yes, marriage is between one man and one woman. Yes, CHURCH leaders should be faithful to their wives and have control of their family. But this is a lost world we are talking about, not the church. In God's kingdom all these things should be held to and taught. They should be taught in every instance of our lives (Deuteronomy 6). God's kingdom is HIS people. In fact, in scripture it tells us that this world is under the control of Satan. This is his realm. And yet we are in shock because his realm refuses to abide by the law of God. They are not under that law! They are under the former law! They are slaves to sin. Something we have been freed from. Lets bring the fight to where it belongs! Lets grit our teeth, and out on our war paint. Forget about Trump and Hillary, Bernie and Cruze. Let us be overwhelmingly burdened with the souls of the lost. Who cares if they legalized gay marriage? Keep living out a godly marriage and teaching children the truth. Who cares about the bathroom debacle? Keep evangelizing every chance you have. Who cares if Trump is the worst republican candidate and the GOP is gone forever? Keep ministering in your local body. Who cares if welfare is in shambles? Keep meeting the needs of those around you. BE THE CHURCH! Stop looking to fix the spiritual issues of this nation through politics. It isn't going to happen. So yes. I will vote in November. But I am voting in a president not a pastor, for a country I am presently living in not for my home. 

IN THIS MOMENT, AND EVERY OTHER MOMENT THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I WILL REMEMBER THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME, I AM JUST PASSING THROUGH AND I AM IN A BATTLE, A BATTLE AGAINST THE DARK, SPIRITUAL FORCES IN THIS WORLD. WITH EVERY BREATH I WILL BATTLE FOR THOSE STILL LOST, FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL ENSLAVED. I WILL DO IT TO MY DEATH, WITH CONFIDENCE, BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY WON THE VICTORY.

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

John 16:33