What does the Almighty say?
Ps 34
4I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
^^ This right here is a bunch of promises made by God to us who believe. What we do with these promises is we pray them back to the Lord God asking for delivery, asking for Him to do what He said He would do. We believe the promises and we receive the promises. Most times we have to wait for delivery, like in most everything else in life patience is required.
If we are faithful and patient, we will see delivery on the promises.
Heb 6:12
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
The Bible, also known as the best selling book in world history is full of promises-from cover to cover. But not everyone is faithful and not everyone is patient, and certainly not everyone is a believer. So we understand why this world is in the predicament it finds itself if. But you and I were preordained to be here on the face of the earth in this season. It is our duty and response-ability to turn the lights on in our own lives in order to first drive the local darkness out, then collectively drive out the greater darkness that is over the land.
Matt 5:14
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
^^^This was not addressed to some hired hand spiritual servant who betrays the sheep for money. This was written to you and me. We are the light of the world. But the light has to be real:
Luke 11:35
Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.
We see church buildings on every corner, each one has a pastor or priest that supposedly is leading the sheep into the light, but instead we see gross darkness over the land which is proof positive what is being advertised is not what is being delivered (see Luke 11:35 again).
The answer and solution to all of this is your personal relationship with the Lord God Jesus Christ and His Spirit which is light. Each one of us individually is responsible for the solution and the answer to this current darkness. That is good news for those who are honest, believe and are faithful but it is bad news for those who are lazy cowards and would rather sit back and point the finger at all the problems without lifting a finger themselves to do anything about it.
The Lord God has provided the answer to the problems we face, now the ball is in our court to do what He told us to do.
2 Chron 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Ez 22:30
“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.
Let the records in eternity show that we who believe on this earth today, did bow the knee to humble ourselves. We did pray and seek His face to turn from our wicked ways. We did stand in the gap for the land so the Lord would not have to destroy it.
We are doing these things ^^^ because we were placed here for that purpose. There is a restrainer on this earth that is alive and active. We who believe and are full of the Holy Spirit are or are a large part of that restraint on darkness:
2 Thess 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
Lets get down on our knees and pray so we can say we did our job when it counted the most.
Glory to God
grace and peace
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