Watch the ripple…

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. ~ Psalm 33:13

It occurred to me just this week, on the sunny side of our CLOTH Revival last Sunday, how many of us are laboring under a false impression that can only lead them to despair and their own enslavement. Preoccupied with the view of the world and their own circumstances through the lens of man’s perspective, they are suffering a lack of precious time and energy in relationship with God in prayer, and in His Word. As a result, they are depriving themselves of the encouraging and empowering view through the lens of God’s perspective…which is insane when you stop, think, and understand that man’s view is a temporary illusion before death, while God’s view is the truth of eternal life.

I am grateful to brother Sean for sending me the clip of Pastor Mark Driscoll speaking before an audience of men at what appeared to be a Dominion for Dudes event. It was perfect timing as I had just spent time with a brother the day before who has been suffering the same despair, under relentless attack by the enemy, for the very same lack of feeding his soul I described in the first paragraph above. (6 minutes) ~ Are You Selling Your Soul? Interestingly, I came to learn that Pastor Driscoll’s voice was silenced in Seattle by the same spirit that attempted to silence the voices of Fr. Frank Pavone, Tricia S. Lindsay, Esq., and Rev. Bill Banuchi at our Revival last Sunday!

In the very same day brother Sean turns me on to Pastor Driscoll, sister Marucia introduced me to the beautiful soul of Rachel Elnaugh and her powerful message carried by (wait for it) Just a Dude channel. The beauty of the tandem messages to my eye: Pastor Driscoll’s message on the abandoned and neglected soul cost us our discernment. Rachel not only reveals the world through the discerning eye of a well-nourished soul, in her wrap-up she prescribes the John 17:21 fix as enacted by Russel Crowe in the movie Gladiator. (9 minutes) “Whatever comes out of those gates…If we stick together, we survive.”

“If” we stick together…

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. ~ Ephesians 2:10

From up-enders, pretenders, and defenders…

The pretenders who talk good works are the same who will stand in the pouring rain and tell you to your face the sun is shining because they fear the enemy more than they fear God. He beholdeth all the sons of men. When the wicked rise, (pretenders) hide themselves, but when they perish (thank you defenders), the righteous increase. ~ Proverbs 28:28 He beholdeth all the sons of men. The Word we live by does not say we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should talk in them…He said we are to walk in them.

The joy, opposite despair, viewing the battlespace from God’s perspective is a universe beyond palpable. It’s healing, restoring, regenerative, and fortifying…which is exactly why the enemy so desperately needs to silence the defenders. So, one might say, “Brother Chip, your walk is not my walk,” to which I simply steal a line from John C. Maxwell and reply, “Be on purpose!” He goes on to write, “Nothing in life can take the place of knowing your purpose. If you don’t try to discover your purpose, you’re likely to spend your life doing the wrong things…I believe that God created every person for a purpose…Our responsibility—and our joy—is to identify it.” There’s that joy word again…amazing what God’s perspective in our lives can do to light us up, thus illuminating the family, friends, community, and world around us.

Our Abba Father tossed a pebble last Sunday…watch the ripple, and know He is watching us.

Psalm (Heart) & Proverb (Wisdom) a Day Drives the Tyrant Away! PS 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

PR 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.