Nothing. It's that simple. Nothing. Why would that be? If you are in the presence of a loving and caring God, you are protected by the host of heaven. The Bible says that the Lord and his army are waging war continually to protect you and to preserve you. Nothing in the world can do this. No religion can deliver this kind of love. The God of love is the only source by which Satan and his demons can be put to flight. In the name of Jesus! Greater is he who is within you than who is in the world. Don't get me wrong, persecution and attacks will come. Those who don't feel this attack are simply not doing anything to threaten the world. Those who are doing something for God are going to be persecuted, attacked and even killed for the Lord they serve. Should you take the commission of Jesus seriously and are out making disciples of all mankind, you also have the knowledge of the Lord of heaven going before you, hedging you about with angels and fighting the evil one. It's pretty simple. You adore God. You confess to God. You thank God. You ask God. Because you do this you are no longer walking the way of the world because Jesus is walking through you. It is he who tells you what to say, provides insight into the worlds sinful ways and brings victory for the Father through your subdued life.
You're a moving target and everyone else has the weapons. According to the Bible we are told that there will be betrayal of parent by child and child by parent. Friends and family as well as enemies will do whatever they can to derail you from being Jesus to their world. Your very presence will bring up the anger that sweeps them along in the world's ways. BUT! The Bible says that greater is He that is within you than he that is in the world. Contingent on Jesus living through you. Jesus' living through you is contingent on your surrendering your total being so that it's Jesus who is living in and through you. It's Jesus that people rail against. Even in alleged Christian churches and groups there is a lack of protection because people would rather serve the world over surrendering to Jesus. What would happen in your family, your church, your neighborhood if Christians stepped aside and gave way to Jesus living through them, their lives dedicated to His good and not the worlds, and stood strong with their faith the light of the world? Your world and the world around you would change. There would be no choice. The Love of God triumphs over every obstacle the father of lies can throw at you. There is nothing new the evil one can throw at you that hasn't been thrown at the righteous of the past.
So what if the enemy attacks...you know that you must be doing something for God to take this abuse. We don't need to go looking for trouble. We only need to let Jesus live through us. The world is opposed to Jesus more today and will only get worse. There is no hope for the world. The final chapter has been written and we will be forever part of the Kingdom or an enemy of the Kingdom. Woe to those who have knowledge of the Lord and have trampled it in the dirt. Woe to those who haven't shared Jesus where and when they could. We spend time deciphering the difference between what we believe and why we believe instead of dedicating ourselves to the only Jesus that means anything. What matters most isn't what color to paint the bathroom in the basement of the church. What matters most isn't knowing the statistics of your favorite sports team or the words to the latest worldly song. Yet, our children don't know the Bible. Most Christians are luck if they can quote just one or two verses of the Bible. How are we supposed to share what we have if we don't know what we have? The word of God is a mighty sword able to sever us from the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment