Lately I have been inundated with calls and emails concerning folks who are suffering from anxiety about one thing or another. One of the sweetest people I’ve ever met tragically just lost her sister who was a mere 40 years old. Another friend and mother lost her young son and afterwards her marriage. Others have written and expressed they are suffering from various forms of cancer and other life-threatening diseases, one friend lost most of his life savings on the stock market and cyber currency. Many are living in pressure cooker conditions and are afraid, worried, sad, filled with anxiety, and without hope.
My prayer list is longer than it has ever been.
This is not to mention all the societal ills that are pressuring folks with WOKE ideology seemingly winning the war against decency and wholesome Godly living. Politics is in a word nauseating and synonymous with corruption, murder and violence on the streets is fast becoming the norm, it is enough to depress the most devout Christ follower optimist and cynical unbelievers don’t have a chance at all finding their way through the dark.
If you think about it one nice thing about pressure is that it creates beautiful diamonds. In like manner pressure builds character and develops beautiful strong people because many turn to God at their low point to obtain some form of relief and peace within their spirit. He alone understands the pressure we are under and when we go through it time and again in our lives and turn to Him we will eventually sparkle like a glittering diamond that he wears close to His heart.
The big problem on planet earth is Satan. He wants us to remain filthy dirty lumps of coal ready for the furnace. We need to blind him with the light of our diamond lives.
There was an article that came out on Fox News’ website yesterday entitled “The Bibles Explainer on UFO’s”. It stated that extraterrestrial Aliens are mentioned in the Bible and was quite interesting. Especially nailing it on the description of our predicament.
“I don’t dismiss the possibility we are being visited by aliens. Further, I’m quite aware there are things my five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) can’t understand, and they may be real like radio waves. For example, I believe there is a very real spiritual domain beyond our senses. You can call them aliens, angels, demons or other.
Most religions address this spiritual reality. Certainly, the Jews, Muslims and Christians have rich histories with ample evidence of spiritual engagements. People of many faiths understand God’s nemesis, Satan, is very real and his army of demons are not to be dismissed. Jesus dealt with demons who understood His true identity and obeyed His command. Today, Satan’s demonic army is very active. They manifest themselves through various practices such as divination, witchcraft, channeling, and wizardry (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). They deceive and attack the human mind with the intent of control, and they leverage power to take captive people, especially the prominent.
A search of Amazon’s website finds many books testifying to the reality of angelic beings. Some readers will dismiss the possibility of spiritual beings – angels and demons struggling for control. However, many of us accept that there is much we don’t understand.
Whether aliens are probing Earth or are already among us is yet to be officially confirmed. What’s not in doubt for many of us is the spiritual battle between the forces of God and Satan, which is intensifying. In fact, the challenges we face today – pandemics, natural disasters, out of control crime, wars, climate, and more – are likely influenced by the spirit world, which is leading us to the prophetic end times.”
My friends like it or not we are in a spiritual battle of good versus evil. With the evil comes the anxiety previously described. We beat the heat by heading indoors for air conditioning. We beat Satan by heading inside God’s heart and having faith that eventually we will glitter and sparkle like diamonds.
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”