I have to be honest with you as I write. In my times of prayer and Bible study, I return over and over to the idea of the watchman. The prophets were used as a watchman by God to warn the people of danger. Watchmen were used in ancient times upon the walls to warn the people in the cities of dangers.
The danger that we see today in the spiritual realm is not entirely recognizable, yet we know there is danger. Every day in the news, no matter what media you access, there are wars, protests, COVID numbers (infections and deaths), political attacks, fires, drastic weather changes, global issues, and much more negative news.
What God is doing is difficult to discern. Yet, in my heart, I sense that He is withholding His providential care in the world today. When God pulls back His hands of protection, it generally calls His people to return to Him in repentance. The clouds of judgment are forming, and I wonder if we are paying attention.
What I can urge you to do, until the day we understand this season we are in (spiritually discerned), we should return to our knees in prayer, raising a lamentation over our neglect of and disobedience to God.
Jeremiah, at the directive of God, told the people of Israel, "And you shall say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips." Jeremiah 7:27–28 (RSVCE)
The solution is recorded in Joel 2:12-13, "Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. (ESV)
Will you lament over the crisis we are facing? Will you return to God with all of your heart? Will you fast and pray? The time is now.
Turbulent Times
I have to be honest with you as I write. In my times of prayer and Bible study, I return over and over to the idea of the watchman. The prophets were used as a watchman by God to warn the people of danger. Watchmen were used in ancient times upon the walls to warn the people in the cities of dangers.
The danger that we see today in the spiritual realm is not entirely recognizable, yet we know there is danger. Every day in the news, no matter what media you access, there are wars, protests, COVID numbers (infections and deaths), political attacks, fires, drastic weather changes, global issues, and much more negative news.
What God is doing is difficult to discern. Yet, in my heart, I sense that He is withholding His providential care in the world today. When God pulls back His hands of protection, it generally calls His people to return to Him in repentance. The clouds of judgment are forming, and I wonder if we are paying attention.
What I can urge you to do, until the day we understand this season we are in (spiritually discerned), we should return to our knees in prayer, raising a lamentation over our neglect of and disobedience to God.
Jeremiah, at the directive of God, told the people of Israel, "And you shall say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips." Jeremiah 7:27–28 (RSVCE)
The solution is recorded in Joel 2:12-13, "Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. (ESV)
Will you lament over the crisis we are facing? Will you return to God with all of your heart? Will you fast and pray? The time is now.