If Only We Could See

Whenever you are feeling overwhelmed by life and the way the enemy has been taking advantage of opportunities to flood your mind with wrong belief and unbelief, it is a good time to step back and get perspective.
This week things have been very trying for me and – in jest – I told my brother that one day I was going to have a word or two with my guardian angel, for I think he is slacking. My brother said that I would probably have to eat my words. I asked, what do you mean? He replied, your angel is so busy handling the huge attack from the enemy that he purposely allows the small annoying spirits to trouble you knowing that you can easily handle them while he is handling the large massive spirits that are trying to destroy you. Well, whether my brother was right or not, it did help re-set my perspective and helped me set my mind not on the trouble but on the God who was helping me have victory. This reminded me of a great story in 2 Kings 6 where we get a glimpse of what is really happening in the spirit world and how God always has our back covered. This story should encourage you to firmly place your HOPE in Jesus. He has your back covered whether you can see it or not.
2 Kings 6:8-17
When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, "We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place." But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, "Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there." So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there. The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called his officers together and demanded, "Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel of my plans?" "It's not us, my lord the king," one of the officers replied. "Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!"
"Go and find out where he is," the king commanded, "so I can send troops to seize him." And the report came back: "Elisha is at Dothan." So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city. When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. "Oh, sir, what will we do now?" the young man cried to Elisha.
"Don't be afraid!" Elisha told him. "For there are more on our side than on theirs!" Then Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!" The Lord opened the young man's eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.

A little help in troubled times

Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil His promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? O Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father, though He knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father, and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and doubt Him? Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till you dare to trust your God, and then it shall end. Full many there be who have been tried and sore vexed till at last they have been driven in sheer desperation to exercise faith in God, and the moment of their faith has been the instant of their deliverance; they have seen whether God would keep His promise or not. Oh, I pray you, doubt Him no longer! Please not Satan, and vex not yourself by indulging any more those hard thoughts of God. Think it not a light matter to doubt Jehovah. Remember, it is a sin; and not a little sin either, but in the highest degree criminal. The angels never doubted Him, nor the devils either: we alone, out of all the beings that God has fashioned, dishonour Him by unbelief, and tarnish His honour by mistrust. Shame upon us for this! Our God does not deserve to be so basely suspected; in our past life we have proved Him to be true and faithful to His word, and with so many instances of His love and of His kindness as we have received, and are daily receiving, at His hands, it is base and inexcusable that we suffer a doubt to sojourn within our heart. May we henceforth wage constant war against doubts of our God—enemies to our peace and to His honour; and with an unstaggering faith believe that what He has promised He will also perform. "Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief."

The Week of Mixed Blessing

Hey everyone. I know this week of Thanksgiving break is going to be a mixed expereince for many of you. I want you to know that you are all in our prayers. But I would like us to use this new Blog as a way to keep each other infomed of what is happening, specifics of how we should be praying, praise reports of things God has done or is doing in and through you, and so on.

This could be a very exciting way for our little community to stay intact even though we are all in different places. So please make good use of this blog as a venue for timely communication.

I would also like to use this blog as a way to answer any and all questions you might have about the Bible, about something you are studying, about the relevancy to us today about certain passages, etc. So please feel free to ask.

Love ya, SteveV