Well, it’s the last month of the year. (The actual date of writing this post was Tuesday October 29th 2024 4:30am PST.) So, I’ve been saving this since then, the following is the post in its entirety.
I believe we will continue to see a different way of life, permanent change is here in the United States particularly. The change actually began expressing itself over the past several years. For some of us, we have been feeling the ground rumbling under our feet for a while now signaling that change is ahead.
The dissatisfaction with life in our country, the increasing difficulty in remaining silent. People and groups have started taking matters into their own hands as growing unrest with the norms and freedoms practiced in the U.S. some believe are being threatened. No matter what side of the aisle one finds themselves, and while this post is NOT political, and this post is NOT religious, it may very well be prophetic.
Change is coming to the US and indeed the world, we will all feel it sooner or later. God is speaking to mankind in various ways through these activities. Weather, politics, sickness and disease, the list goes on and on.
These changes can be seen through churches and the various ways we gather to worship. The closing of churches, the removal of pastors. Churches are still meeting virtually post pandemic if at all, while others returned. Changes in educational spaces and the way information is collected in seconds and how proximate we are to that information, and how fast it can be retrieved.
Remember the days of going to the library for information?
Innovation in business through technology, with the addition of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) the robotic advancement in hotels, restaurants, self driven cars etc.
Changes brought forth gradually, subtly over time.
As all of you receiving this email know; I am a man of faith. So what does this actually mean? Many use the term; “men and women of faith”.
Here is a definition I found online: “A man or woman of faith is someone who trusts in God, has confidence, and is fearless. They believe in God’s words and are encouraged and comforted by them. They also understand that they are loved by God and are a precious creation”.
While this is a good definition and carries aspects and similarities to my personal definition. I would say it like this; I trust the true and living God.
I know that various religions and traditions hold beliefs that are different. This is my personal belief. I seek to live like Jesus Christ, He has been the best example for me to model and live my life after.
I believe He lives inside my heart (the core of my being, not the muscle) because one day, I invited Him to actually live THROUGH me taking residence.
This has influenced not just my faith, but my marriage, extended relationships, my behavior, the way I think, love, and the patience I have with myself and others.
This improvement list will grow just as I am growing.
I find that Jesus Christ’s teachings in the Bible are NOT best substantiated in my life by my teaching, but by the example of my living.
It is through this prism, I see God, the world, and my place inside of it. I’m saying this to say; come what may, I am NOT alarmed and am not fearful for the changes that are coming upon us because I believe God will be speaking through it.
While that’s all well and good for me and Brenda and our family, I want you to experience the same confidence we have through these (could be, troubling uncomfortable times) that God will take care of us and keep us, as we come to know Him more closely and seek His plan for our lives in more of a deliberate and personal way.
The problems we are facing and will face will NOT be solved with the solutions we’ve known before. Who will be the next President? Can he or she make it better for us? Who will fix and save us from this? Who do we look to or where should we look?
This is what God says; So do NOT fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10.
This promise however, comes with a condition dear friend.
The solution for all these difficult circumstances and chaotic times we have seen and the destabilization we’ve yet to see has a spiritual panacea, taken from the Bible.
No matter how you slice it up, you can’t mistake the steps that God is requiring as a way back to Him and peacefulness for our own lives even if not in the world at large.
If people who are called by My name will humble themselves , and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
I look forward to seeing what awaits ahead in 2025.
anablepsis.