I think everyone is aware by now we are living in unprecedented times where evil has advanced and has spread far and wide and deeper than anyone thought it could. Those of us who personally know God, who from reading His Written Word, understand His character, will and intentions for all of Creation, have no fear. We are not wringing our hands and anxiously awaiting God’s rescue intervention. Having no fear comes from a confident relationship with God, and a clear conscience that we are obedient to Him actively doing what He instructs us in these very days. If you are struggling with fear, anxiety, worry and dread, virtually immobilized by current events, this blog post is for you.
Many people believe God is in control over all world events. What many don’t properly understand is that God is not in charge of our lives–we are. By that I mean, God has given all beings a free will. Each of us has the choice to align ourselves with God or not. And as I have shared many times on my podcast, not to intentionally choose to be aligned with God, by default, means we are aligned with satan. What people understand to be true about God and satan, whether or not it is true, determines their choice of alignment.
I am confident since early 2020 God has been demonstrating He is in control of the whole world. The free will of human kind and spiritual beings is not an obstacle for God to fulfill His revealed plans for all creation. I hope you really understand what you just read. The free will of human kind and spiritual beings is not an obstacle for God to fulfill His revealed plans for all creation.
There is no choice we can make, no choice satan and his minions can make that will alter God’s plans. However, the free-will choices we make will always impact our personal existence now and for all eternity.
God has gone to great length to reveal Himself, His plans, and intentions. God has also revealed the truth about all creation, the existence of evil (which is the source of all pain and suffering), and God has revealed His plans to completely eradicate all Creation from evil. Satan has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity, and to lie about God, His character, and His will. What people understand as truth about God and satan determines who and what they choose to be aligned with. This should cause us all to question if what we believe is based on truth or not.
Satan, who is the enemy of God and all humanity, known as the Father of all lies, is able to mascaraed as a heavenly angel. Yet, we know from Scripture and from history, he is the personification of evil whose goal is to dethrone God and destroy all that is good and important to God which includes you and me. As the Father of all lies is the Great Deceiver, able to deceive those who do not have a strong understanding of truth. How can we know if we are deceived, since the very nature of deception means the victim is unaware? We must examine what we believe in the light of truth. And this, I am convinced, is what God has been causing all humanity worldwide to do since early 2020. God wants people to discover and live in life-giving truth and experience all the hope truth provides.
There are many versions of this story online without proper attribution. While I don’t know who to credit by name, I do credit the originator for this story-lesson.
A priest was on a long flight home after a Church Conference. The first warning of approaching problems came when the ‘Fasten Your Seat Belts’ sign flashed on. After a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be serving beverages at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence. Please make sure your seat belt is fastened.” The priest looked around the aircraft and saw that many of the passengers were becoming apprehensive.
Later, the voice on the intercom said, “We are so sorry that we are unable to serve meals at this time… The turbulence is still ahead of us.” And then the storm broke.
The ominous cracks of thunder could be heard even above the roar of the engines. Lightning lit up the darkening skies, and within moments that great plane was tossed around like a cork in a celestial ocean. One moment it was lifted on terrific currents of air, the next it felt as if about to crash.
As the priest looked around, he could see that nearly all the passengers were alarmed – except one little girl! She sat calmly, feet tucked under her, looking at pictures in a book, oblivious of the turbulence around her. Sometimes she would close her eyes, and then she would go back to her book.
The storm blew over. When the plane landed and the passengers were disembarking, the priest approached the little girl and asked her why she was not afraid like the other passengers.
The little girl replied, “Cause my Daddy’s the pilot and he’s taking me home.”
Helping people discover truth, to have a confident relationship with God, and the reassurance that no matter how difficult world events seem to be, God is our “pilot” and He is taking all His children home–eventually.
I am not of the persuasion that God is very soon to rescue us from this evil world. While I do believe the rapture spoken of in the Bible will occur, I do not believe it is any time soon–regardless of what many Christians would like. Who wouldn’t want to be rescued from all we’ve suffered in recent years? Instead, what I see is God is building up His children–the Church–to have a strong and confident knowledge of Him and who we are through our faith in Christ. God is wanting His people to take hold of all the authority and power Christ has given us over all the works of satan. While people are saying “Where is God in all this?” God is asking “Where are my people in all this.” I believe instead of us being rescued from our weak and fearful state, God is training His Bride–the Church–how to be the victorious overcomers Christ’s life, death and resurrection offers us. I firmly believe God wants us to partner with Him to overcome evil in the example of Jesus, and then the rapture will come.
God will never work against our free will. However, He can and does arrange life circumstances and world events to cause us to reconsider what we believe to be true, because God does not want anyone to perish but for everyone to come to eternal life and be restored into a right relationship with Him. While God is in control of the world and all of creation, He leaves the decision of our alignment with good or evil, entirely up to us.
This is just an example of some of the content I explore on my weekly podcast. I recently had the privilege of interviewing Barry Wunsch a well-respected prophet known as the Canadian Hammer. We considered what you’ve read here and what he believes we should expect in the months and years to come. Hear what Barry has to say by listening to Faith to Live By in June 2023 and plan to listen each week to learn about current events and how God wants His people to respond to all He is doing in our world today.
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