
Mighty Men?
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your prunninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. ~ Joel 3:9-10
We are living through the most extraordinary moment in all of human time. At the virtual apex of creation with all of human history at our fingertips we live in the shadow of the great unknown: What comes next? Before you try to answer, tell me who saw this human malaise we find ourselves living in today, twenty years ago? Your own government created a health crisis in order to kill you with the solution, orchestrated the invasion of your country, and led your children away from God to worship the Pride flag. How can anything but a living hell be next on this trajectory? How many summer barbecues with old friends carrying on as if none of this just happened or is continuing to happen by degree based on the color of the state you live in?
The answer to what comes next is YOU. Who are YOU, and why are YOU here? What is YOUR purpose in this NOW? Did God create YOU…or are YOU simply the present state of a past primordial ooze here to regurgitate the latest social media byte? #Asking4aFriend!
In many ways we remain as unexplored as we were 272 years ago when “Young Washington” set out to map the Ohio Valley. As it turns out, this one man ended up mapping the course of human history…by faith…not unlike another famous explorer a few thousand years before him. God hitched Abraham’s wagon to the stars He had created, by His word. In our personal lives the great solution is always found in the words of our Lord when we have His Spirit. ~ Oswald Chambers, The Great Solution
We are living in the middle of The Great Problem that grows greater by our own refusal to finally come to terms with it…this is blatantly obvious in the vast majority of our churches. They are, by in large, filled with nothing but the ghost of the Holy Ghost…shadows of men living lives of quiet desperation hoping for revival, cleaving to hollow faith without works on life support.
The answer to what comes next is simply this; Who’s the boss? Who’s the boss of YOUR life? Who’s the boss of YOUR family, home, and community? Be honest, no head-fakes allowed. Because if it ain’t YOU, I can guarantee YOU that YOU will not like what comes next. In fact, I can pretty much assure YOU that it will terrify and eventually destroy YOU along with everything and everyone YOU love. Try justifying that!
The justification of every sinner is by faith, and by faith alone. But it is our just walk that proves Him just in saving us. If we do not walk in the life of faith, we are a slander to God. ~ Oswald Chambers, The Great Solution









