Behold, I give unto you the power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ~ Luke 10:19
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ~ Ephesians 5:16
With all possible care redeeming the time – Saving all you can for the best purposes; buying every possible moment out of the hands of sin and Satan; out of the hands of sloth, ease, pleasure, worldly business; the more diligently, because the present are evil days, days of the grossest ignorance, immorality, and profaneness. ~ KingJamesBibleOnline.org
There are no truer words for this moment in time, for each and every one of us, than those of Paul to the Ephesians in 5:16. On Sunday June 1st the CLOTH was twenty minutes into prayer when God interrupted, “WHAT ABOUT MY CHILDREN???” For the remainder of the meeting, we interceded vigorously and intensely for children, the #1 target of evil in our time. From that moment until today, God has answered our prayer through a rising stream of connections and revelations, while He is devastating principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15) in high places (Ephesians 6:12). There has never been a question to my mind about God doing His part. The #1 question God has put on my heart this day; how do you and I square with 5:16? What are we doing about the most pressing issue on God’s heart as expressed to us so clearly on June 1st?
I asked this question to a group of pastors this past week, “How can we expect God’s blessings until we get serious about protecting His children?” And to a group of Christian friends, “Will our Proverbs 24:12 Abba Father accept ‘We knew not’?” If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?
From a good shepherd who has lost 90% of his pastoral friends for exposing the most evil player behind it all…
“Evil people have an edge on normal people because evil has a unique genius…people without a conscious are free in a sense.” ~ Pastor Chuck Baldwin
You and I alone are no match, but God…
“The culture will absorb you. It will pull you under unless you are fueled…where are you rooted?” ~ You will be absorbed, unless…
The enemy does not possess our Father’s Proverbs 24:12 ability. BUT, he sees and smells fear. The fear of confrontation. The fear of speaking truth to the dark power. The fear of showing up and standing up. The fear behind not placing the millstone bumper sticker on our cars.
It is all coming down to the question of what is our fuel, and where are we rooted? Our Abba Father desires nothing more greatly than spending quality time with His children, which means with His Word in our hands, NOT on the internet! Think about 5:16 and your own relationship with your son. Would you rather spend time with a stranger telling you about your son, or having your son make the time to spend with you in person? While the former may feel good, the latter is everything. Amen? It’s time to get 5:16 real, rooted, and fueled!
We must let God lift up our experience to the standard of His word. (Psy. Redemp.)
Standupnsing 
Yes and Amen. The Lord exhibited righteous indignation 4 times: at the bankers who were charging usury, at the Pharisees when He cursed the fig tree, at the religious class who were like white washed tombs pretty on the outside while showing the bad fruit of dead mans bones on the inside and when the Disciples hindered the children from coming to him. Woe on us if we donât stand against the 840,000 children who disappear every year.
Thanks,
Woody Kaye
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