FEAR NOT, DRAW NEAR TO GOD

A NOW WORD TO CHRISTIANS AND JEWS EVERYWHERE, written by a Jewish man, originally from Brooklyn, inspired by the Spirit of the Lord.

Isaiah 59:19:     So shall they fear

The name of the Lord from the west,

And His glory from the rising of the sun;

When the enemy comes in,

 like a flood The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

We are seeing and hearing the enemy breath out many incredibly threatening things. We are hearing of much trouble for Christians, Jews and other God fearing people who hold to Biblical morality. Many preachers are describing things that make it appear the time of the 2nd coming of the Lord is near. We’ve heard threats against morality from our government. We hear threats of death and institution of the horrors of Sharia Law daily on the news. We see our national leaders marching to the beat of the enemy’s drum, denying we even have an enemy. There are threats from those on the left who are tearing down American foundations, desiring to transform America into something it was never intended to be. In WWII we had 2 enemies simultaneously, Japan and Germany. Now we have the evil ideologies of the Islam and of Progressivism competing against the Righteous for world control.

The Lord is drawing HIS people closer, HE created us for a relationship with HIMSELF that transcends circumstances (good or bad). In such a relationship time and location do no mean much because we hear HIS heartbeat and follow our Great Shepherd who will get us to the right place at the right time for us be; wherever and whenever that may be. And where is it that a shepherd leads the flock? Sometimes to pleasant meadows to graze, sometimes through dark valleys or on steep narrow footpaths on mountain sides with no railing. It may be an uphill climb through a dry place on a scorching hot day. But through all that and everything else we follow our Great  Shepherd for we know He leads to the mountain top.

PREVENTATIVE IMPERATIVES: Evil need not triumph, the church must not cower down and expect the worst. We must stand on God’s promises to HIS people and do what the MASTER has told us to do.

1.    Obey the WORD. The Lord has been declaring these verses repeatedly for many years. Perhaps you have heard it and seen it on the internet so many times you can quote it. I know that God has been screaming 2 Chron 7:14 to HIS church for many years and perhaps these threats are what it must take for the to knock the wax out of its ears. Christians and Jews everywhere need to heed all of it:

2 Chronicles 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 will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Romans 12:1   I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

2   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

2.   Pray for our governmental leaders.

1 Timothy 2:1   Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,

2    for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

3    For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4   who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Tim 2:4 is the goal, it states the reason for the journey the Great Shepherd leads us on. As we parade through all the stuff of life our life becomes God’s love letter to mankind. Look back up and see the phrases I underlined in 2 Chron 7:14 and Rom. 12:1 & 2

3.   Fight the good fight God’s way, like David beat Goliath.

                    2 Cor. 10:3     For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the                        flesh.

4    For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

5    casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Ezekiel 36:27    I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

Galatians 5:16    I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Acts 9:31    Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

We really have little idea as to when Jesus will return, be we can be certain that HE will. Therefore we should heed what the preachers have been declaring for generations,

GET READY, BE READY, STAY READY.