Why We Will Defeat The Antichrist

Jul08
by Michael King on July 8, 2023 at 9:59 am
Posted In: fundamental truths

God’s love conquers all

If you watch the news today, it seems that the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Almost everything everyone shouts from the rooftops is negative, a bomb shell, and we are heading for destruction. It’s just fear, fear, fear, and hardly anyone has anything good to say about anything.

However, while that may be true for those who don’t yet know Christ, it is not true for us. Our future is bright, our destiny in Him is sure, our arc in the coming years is overwhelmingly positive, and we will overcome by the word of our testimony and by the blood of the Lamb.

If the Bible shows us anything, it is that with God we can overcome anything. Even natural laws and physical constraints don’t stop us. Take this miracle for instance,

“On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
So the sun stood still,
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.”

Joshua 10:12,13 (NIV)

So, while Joshua was doing God’s will and destroying the enemies of Israel, he needed some more daylight and, by the Spirit, commanded the sun to stand still and it did, for a full 24 hours.

Nothing is impossible – nothing

The truth is, when you are doing God’s will and have faith, nothing is impossible for you. If God caused the sun to stand still in the sky for 24 hours, the antichrist is no big deal. We don’t win because we are strong enough, we win because the God we serve is. All we do is speak and declare those things that are necessary for us to do His will, then God does the heavy lifting.

The people that want to reshape this planet into the image and likeness of Satan have already lost for they have chosen to do battle with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is the deity who spoke the heavens and earth in to existence, brought on the flood, confused the languages at Babel, caused the sun to stand still and the shadow on the sundial to go backwards. You don’t mess with Him, nor his people, because we are winners – because with God you always win.

All the planning, all the fear mongering, all the money, all the cruel force that those who serve Satan believe they have on their side is failing against God and His people. It is we who, in that generation will deal a death blow to the antichrist system and bring it to its knees, not through force, but through God’s love. Spiritual connection is the most potent force this creation has ever known. What started with Jesus will be finished by us: The fully matured and Spirit filled, Body of Christ.

The only thing that matters is God’s voice

Some tell me that it is not time, some tell me that they do not know, others tell me that they have to pay attention to their natural circumstances. I totally disagree and I reject such thinking. The only thing that matters is God’s voice and doing His will when He says to do it, with whomever He says to do it with. Nothing else is relevant, nothing else is meaningful, nothing else has eternal value. We live by faith and not by sight. We do the impossible because Jesus is our example and all things were possible with Him – He even rose from the dead.

Do not tell me that we must obey the fashion of this world and fear what may come because of natural forces – you and I serve a God who speaks to seas and they divides for His people to walk over on dry land. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is impossible with God, and all I or anyone else has to do is believe and do what He says for total victory to be assured.

Finally, the antichrist and all those who serve him have picked a fight that they can’t win. We will be victorious, and we will stand in white on that last great day, and our God will be all in all.

Amen.

Our God is an Awesome God by Michael W. Smith

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Odds Are, You Will Win

Jul06
by Michael King on July 6, 2023 at 5:19 pm
Posted In: fundamental truths

With God, the odds are in your favor

We are all running a race in life. Sometimes we feel that the odds are stacked against us, that our chances are slim that anything will turn out right. However, if you are running the race with God, odds are that you will win and win big.

The truth is, none of what God calls us to do is possible. Our Father routinely asks us to do what is clearly beyond our ability, because He is going to make up the difference. Samson, in natural reality, could not defeat a thousand Philistines, but with the old, dry, jawbone of an ass – and God – he did.

When Moses stood at the edge of the Red Sea with Pharaoh’s army at his back, threatening everyone, with a staff – and God – the waters parted.

When Jesus died on the cross, giving up his very life so that some might be saved, the power of God is what resurrected him.

God is going to do everything with you – and you are not alone.

Trust God’s voice

Some people think that everything needs to be figured out and make sense before they follow the Holy Spirit. If what they are offered is not clearly better than what they have, their feet just won’t move. Thus, they remain in difficult circumstances when God wants to give them something much, much better. What stands between them and amazing deliverance is trust – or the lack thereof.

Once, through obeying His Spirit, God gave me a quarter of a million dollars. One month I was broke, then the next month I had all that money. Then, at the same time, He asked me to do the opposite of what any natural minded person would do. I did it, not perfectly, but I tried my best to listen to His Holy Spirit.

I lost every penny of it and more. People around me wagged their heads and said, “Of course, we saw that coming.” For seven years I was in the wilderness and things went from bad…to much, much worse. My life at that point totally validated everything negative that everyone had ever thought about me. Yet, in the midst of that, God said that He would do a miracle.

Then things got bad

Then I got rear-ended by a Mack dump truck and was rushed to the hospital. I lost everything. Even what little I had, I sold, until I was like Job.

Even the attorney I hired called me from a bar and told me I had no case.

Bummer.

Then God spoke to me and said, “Get another lawyer.” I must admit, at that time I was hardly able to think straight, after being told how I had no case at all. It was difficult to follow God’s advice amidst all my doubt. However, I did listen and I did do what He suggested.

Three years later, after a settlement, I had every penny repaid to me that I had lost obeying God.

That whole episode in my life was very, very difficult. I am not sure whether it was the loss of everything I owned, the shame of having people look at me like a loser, or the injuries I sustained from the accident that hurt the most.

However, what I do know is that nothing I did in and of myself, other than obeying His voice, did anything to change my circumstances. It was all God and it will be all God with you, too.

One step at a time…

The funny thing is, that God never shared the end from the beginning with me. He never told me, other than He was going to do a miracle, how I would ever get out of the situation I was in. All He did was, at each step of the way, tell me the simple thing I needed to do then. Only after I obeyed, did the next step present itself.

This is true of all men and women of faith. We never know how God is going to do what He speaks, just that He will do it. We don’t see how things will work out to our advantage, but we trust our Father will take care of us. We run a race, which looks impossible, simply believing we can.

Today, don’t be discouraged. Know that if God has spoken to you and you obey His voice, odds are you will win and win big. Our Father will make heaven and earth align with His will if you will just do what He says one step at a time.

Amen

One Small Step Two At A Time

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