Ps 33
18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
21For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
22Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.
Isa 7:9
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’”
This world has its money and power but what are money and human power compared to Almighty God, all knowing and eternal:
Ps 33
13The LORD looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
16The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
What this is saying is it doesn't matter what "they" do. Their money wont save them. Their bribes and threats and armies and sorceries and spells will not save them.
Is 47:12
“Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.
They have their earthly power but we have the promises and the promises of God are greater than any earthly power, any day of the year. We have been told what we decide on will be done:
Job 22:28
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
We have been told it is us who believe that will decide whether or not the land is healed:
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.
The promises the Lord God made to us are of greater worth than all wordly riches:
Ps 19
9The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
10They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
So, we stand on the promises day and night. We plead and pray the promises over ourselves, our families and friends, over the land and everything and anything else that means anything to us. The promises are real power. The Lord God spoke and elevated both His Word and His Name above all things:
Ps 138:2
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
The Word of the Lord is power, it is life and it is light. This world has a darkness problem. That darkness problem is solved by turning the lights back on. That process occurs one believer at a time across the entire world. So the solution to this worlds problems today is not in the hands of the hired hand spiritual servants who betray and desert the sheep:
John 10:12
The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
We who believe fill ourselves with the Spirit of God and the Word of God, that in turn drives out darkness from our area and begins the process of turning the lights back on. Darkness must flee when light is introduced that is both physical and spiritual law.
The solution to this worlds problems starts with you and me. It is not someone elses problem, it is our problem to solve. If we do what the Lord God told us to do, the darkness does not stand a chance. It will not be a fair fight, it will be a rout. When the Lord God decides to act, who can stop Him?
Isaiah 14:27 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back? 27 The LORD of Heaven's Armies has spoken— who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?”
And who is it that bends the knee to the Lord, worships the Lord and has the Lord's heart, ears, eyes and mind?
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
We know what we need to do. All of our answers are in Christ who is the Word of God
John 1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome a it.
Stay the course, get down on your knees and pray that the Lord God Almighty will show us mercy in our time of need. Fill yourselves with the Word of God and the Spirit of God, turn the lights back on. Focus on the solution and the problems will take care of themselves. Christ Jesus and His Spirit are the solution.
Glory to God
grace and peace
