The presidential election in 2024 will elect the 47th president of the United States. This is where we have to add another data point, pointing in the same direction: Babylon. Look at what Isaiah 47 talks about:
1Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
8Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:
9These two things shall come to you
in a moment, in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
10You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
11But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
12Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
13You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
14Behold, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!
15Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.
This very last statement in Isaiah 47 was quite astonishing to the nobody who writes to you today because for quite some time this servant was asking "where are the heroes, where are the mighty men, where are the "patriots," where are the "pastors" where are the politicians who are going to stand up and save America? There were none and there are none. We have already demonstrated how those who are "standing up" to the crisis at the border are doing it for show, we all know its just a show and the vast majority of the border remains wide open with thousands crossing every day. Thats just one example of one problem facing Babylon.
Babylon's problem is she is at war with God and wars against the Almighty do not go well for those on the other side. Its not one thing pointing to America Babylon, its everything. Who is going to save Babylon when the Lord God is waging war against it? Its a legitimate question that someone needs to ask.
This nobody who writes to you today would love to not be right about America Babylon. This nobody for the time being has to live in it. The first step to recovery in any problem is correctly identifying the problem. Only then can we ask what to do about it. This is where the servant who writes to you has had to go back to the Lord for help with what to pray for.
Each one of us will need the Lord's guidance for the road ahead. There are many things this servant is not sure of but there are a few things he is sure of:
1. pray without ceasing:
1 Thess 5
16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
We can be sure about this ^^^. Of note the Lord wants us to sandwich constant prayer between rejoicing and thanksgiving. This is how and what we do whatever we do on the road ahead.
2. What to pray: pray to be found in the very center of His will every day. That is where provision, protection and peace can be found. Pray that we will faithfully use all the talents skills and abilities we have been given for His glory and Kingdom. Pray that our sins are forgiven and all of us who believe will escape all that is about to happen and stand before our Lord. And there many other things to pray for, let the Spirit of the Lord be your guide.
And a last note today, there is always the chance that the nobody who writes to you today is completely wrong about everything. Although with each passing day that becomes more unlikely as the Lord reveals more evidence of the season we find ourselves in.
In any case, we have plenty of rejoicing, praying and thanksgiving to do in the days ahead. Finding a way to rejoice and give thanks even when things do not appear to go our way and when it appears that the Lord did not answer us or told us no, its a simple task but not an easy one. Not easy, but we know what to do and when we really think about it, what other "headspace" would we want to be in? Depression and misery? No thanks. Its going to be in that place of rejoicing, prayer and thanks that we find our path forward and the answers we seek.
Thats all for today. The Lord our God is very good.
Glory to God
grace and peace
