Shanah Tovah! (Have a good year in Hebrew) for those who celebrate the Jewish calendar new year. I admit the first night of my Rosh Hashanah was nothing like I expected it to be, but I definitely made some changes in my life and felt that sense of newness. So I choose to believe with everything going on around me this will be a good year as long as I stay in the “shadow of the Most High” (Psalm 91:1: 16:11).
I’m a follower of Bible prophecy and it’s been said that last night the Shemitah ended, which means that God’s judgment will be upon those who have not made Him the Lord of their lives. This morning I was reading Romans 1:17-20 vs. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. It reminded me of the state this society is in now and how we are seeing human history repeat itself unfortunately. The Bible tells us that we must seek wisdom and knowledge. The whole book of Proverbs is filled with it. The first chapter of Proverbs talks about how a wise man will want to be taught the things of God and how one should avoid evil at all cost. Unfortunately, so many people, including Christians are entangled in evil and don’t even know it. This is something that concerns me, because of the lack of discernment and delusion that has clouded people’s physical and spiritual eyes. I always have to come back to Romans 12:2, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. I’m not saying that I’m perfect in this, but I will say that I have in the more recent years been more quickly to accept what things are truly of God and what are of this world and flesh. As 1 Peter 5:6-11, talks about submitting yourself which means your desires, life, choices, preferences, comforts before the Lord and doing what He says, because He says so and realizing in doing that he will take care of you. It also talks about being clear minded and on guard (not paranoid, but willing to test the spirits of everything that comes your way to know whether the source is holy or evil). It also says that those who resist evil and temptation will be strengthened and be with Jesus Christ forever. I’ll be honest and say when I look at the Church or what is supposed to be the Church, this is not what I see. I see more people who have become too comfortable with making Earth their home that they aren’t even thinking about anything eternal whatsoever----thinking about life in the next 5,10, 15 years and retirement. I guess what alarms me the most is when I show enthusiasm that maybe life as we know it won’t exist much longer, i.e. the Church will be raptured (pre/mid/post) and all this trivial stuff with the here and now will truly be something of the past. It’s then I see people who identify themselves as Christians scoffing at that idea saying that they don’t think it will happen in their lifetime. To those people I tend to believe they don’t want it to happen in their lifetime. I should know, I used to be one of those people. However, I got to a point in life where I realized that I will never find the peace, complete fullness of joy or sense of perfection on this side of life and began wanting more. The more one studies the Bible and learns of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) as well as the place (Heaven) that the Son, Jesus Christ has gone to prepare for us (John 14:3), then that is what excites me at this point in life. Someone once made a comment to me about how they don’t believe in end times bible prophecy because it causes the masses to have fear and I can agree with that, to an extent. What I don’t agree with that just because it causes fear, doesn’t make it not true. It is one’s hope that the fear would cause people to make sure they are right with their Creator by making Him Lord of their life. This is a topic for another post. But I will say that a lot of Christians have made Jesus their Savior (meaning he died for their sins and they accept that), but they didn’t make Him Lord of their lives (meaning that they gave Him complete control and reign of their lives)---Philippians 2:11; Romans 10:9: Romans 14:9.
I need to cut this short and prepare for tomorrow. It is my prayer that as we start a new year, no matter where you are in your walk, you will begin or continue to walk with godly wisdom, knowledge, discernment and insight for what the Holy Spirit will have you and your family to do. Some things may or may not pertain to the end time prophecies that have went forth about this upcoming year, but one way or another you should hearing from the Holy Spirit and taking heed to what He has called and required of you at this time.
Until next time…
