Be grateful for who you are and what you have, and also be grateful for who you aren’t and what you don’t have. Remember we were created and formed by God, He has a purpose for our lives, and He loves and thinks of us. Of course the world tries to turn us away from that knowledge, that hope, the moment we’re born, and pounds away at us relentlessly through our most vulnerable years. From toxic injections with our first breaths to enforced conformity with the world’s norms throughout our years of schooling, and by the time we reach adulthood and can make decisions for ourselves, most of our Godly connections have been severed.
The devil is in charge down here and the last thing he wants is a society of God-centered people who want to use our God-given talents. Some of us put our thoughts of a loving God away not wanting to be the brunt of the joke, while others strive quietly to find the connection. Some use drugs and alcohol to lower the man installed blockages, and some spend their days going to church knowing that if they are diligent they’ll find the connection again. At one point in time the ether around us sang with heavenly choirs, the wind full of inspiration, but now the air is deadened and cluttered with uncomfortable and harmful noise that the ears can’t hear, but the body, mind, and spirit feel. The devil is the prince of the power of the air, and he likes the ether cluttered and noisy and polluted with no angel song to lift and light our sputtering spirits.
Rejoice that you’re still here, still alive, and still feel the connection even if it’s just a thread, even if you don’t feel it every day, but only sometimes. Rejoice to know that the devil’s time is short and that’s why the noise is so loud right now. He wants to take as many as he can with him when he’s thrown back in the pit, and all his minions are busy with distractions and attacks on those who still carry the spark. Be careful of what you allow in your sight and mind, and be careful of the rabbit holes that are calling you to explore right now. There is a season for everything, and I believe we’re in the season of quiet and calm spiritual preparation. Be kind to yourselves, unbury your talents, and guard the spark within. Don’t let the ugliness of this fallen world be all that you can see, imagine heavenly things, imagine the great beauty this world works to defile.
Over the years I’ve been to the bottom of many rabbit holes, and the main thing I’ve learned is that the hows and whys, the identity of the crisis actors, and the depths of the illusions don’t really matter in the end. I suppose seeing the illusions can be important for discernment, but in the end we can’t change the worldly script no matter how much we learn, or how much we can prove, or how much we share and insist others see what we are seeing. In the end the script is pushed, and the questioners pushed aside. It doesn’t matter how it happened, or if it happened, what matters is the idea and the energy has been released, and knowingly or not, it touches each of us.
The world is a stage, and sometimes I feel that the same agendas have been playing over and again like a broken record for generations, but it’s their stage, not ours. The shocking events are meant to change and guide us, lead us to a predetermined conclusion that usually just equates to us losing bits of our soul and faith. Now is not the time to climb down into the dark and lightless rabbit holes with notes and microscopes and determination, now is the time to look up to the heavens and sink down into the Word.
Some may say I’m jaded and cynical, but after staring into the abyss for over twenty years I can say that none of what happens in there really matters, all that matters is our personal connection to God, and our salvation. The world’s chaos will increase, the pollution of our dirty technology will thicken, and the voices of the angry masses will only increase, and now is the time to clean up our prayer closets, and protect that inner peace, that inner spark, the inner knowledge that the world still hasn’t stolen away. Focus on what is good, what is light, and what will help us make it through the doors of the beloved city. This world will continue to rent and tear itself into pieces, and the spiritual attacks of all we hold dear will only get stronger and more psychotic. Truth is beauty, energy, and reason, deception is ugly, exhausting, and confusing, and the people will continue to choose their sides, often motivated only by ignorance of God’s grace and anger.
We must continue to rise above the noise, to remember the knowledge we held at birth, and to hold on to the simple, yet profound, gifts of God’s love and attention. Do not get mired down in the muck of what the world calls right, stand strong in God’s righteousness, beauty, and truth. Don’t let the filth of this dark world soil you any further, and don’t let it take up all your thoughts and hold your mind hostage. The world’s stage is the devil’s stage, at least for now, but a new earth and a new heaven is coming, and we must have the oil in our lamps to be able to see it.
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