Every day I open my computer, pull up my favorite news feed, and read until I feel the pulse in my neck start beating like a marching drum. It's evident we are in a spiritual war fighting for our freedoms. Economic collapse, open boarders, crime, civil unrest and the Woke culture meet me on my screen daily. Nevertheless, no amount of fear from the headlines will make me doubt the authority of the One who is sovereign over our future.
"Dominion belongs to the Lord; he rules over the nations." (Psalm 22:28)
Unbelievers don't understand that it doesn't matter who sits in the oval office, or judges in the great halls of justice, or makes the laws that govern our lives. The same God who created the heavens and earth and everything in them also created the nations and set leaders in seats of power.The good news is God is not surprised by the evil that is running rampant in the world today. God's word is clear. "All the nations you made will come and bow down before you, Lord, they will praise your name."(Psalm 86:9)
This battle against God's precepts is a ploy from Satan to control our lives and lead future generations down the wide road to hell. We are living with a Post God mindset, where people removed God from his place of authority and push an agenda embracing a counterfeit world view. This philosophy is doomed to fail. "The Lord works out everything to its proper end-even the wicked for a day of disaster." (Proverbs 16:4) Nothing will happen around the world that God has not already ordained.
God is still in control but He has given his children a part to play on the world's stage. We are God's ambassadors, his spokesmen against this present darkness. Make no mistake. God is not a Pacifist! He expects us to war against evil by sharing the truth of the Gospel to those people being led to slaughter. Jesus fought for our souls, died for our sins and rose from the grave to give us eternal life.
The war we fight is not against flesh and blood, although Satan's evil motives infiltrates the minds and hearts of weak willed people. Once the evil one gains control of their thoughts he uses men and women like human shields to accomplish his work of hatred, immorality, greed and deceit to create chaos and division in the world. We are the army of Christ. All believers must stand firm in faith and face this counter culture head on before our children are pulled away into this ever growing deception.
We are here, at this moment in history for a reason. As his ambassadors we need to take this battle between good and evil to the next level. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but divinely powerful, capable of demolishing strongholds and destroying false arguments." (2 Corinthians 10:4) Prayer is our first line of defense along with the double edged sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God found only in the Bible. We know God's end game for his army is victory, but while we are still on the ground we are called to be light in this present darkness.
"At the name of Jesus every knee will bow-in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:10-11)
