In
the book of Joel there is a Scripture about the elderly dreaming dreams when
the Spirit of God pours out His Spirit. It’s in Joel, chapter two, verse
twenty-eight.
Today,
when I thought about an older spoon I chose to stir my tea, wondering if it’s a
cancer risk to use it, felt sure that God’s still small voice said, “Do I not
see you and have I not taken care of you?”
I
answered Him, “Yes, my God,” which reminded me of a dream from the other
morning, a warning. An unsettling series of pictures and reactions.
I
dreamt before waking up the other day. A dog-like creature in a cage with black
severe eyes. Pointy ears, long pointy snout, and a very long tail, I knew it
was Satan.
Before
long, I became accustomed to him. He was out of the cage and some of my dread
of him was gone.
Later,
he’s rolling in the grass and I’m walking along looking at him acting harmless.
Then, I woke up!
I felt alarmed that the most evil creature in all of creation whom Jesus said about in John 10:10, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy,” that creature felt so familiar.
Jesus
continued to say in John 10:10, “I have come that they may have life, and that
they may have it more abundantly.”
God
is loving, strong, compassionate, and speaks clearly in Joshua 24:15, “And if
it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will
serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side
of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for
me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
In
verse 20 of Joshua, chapter 24, God says through Joshua, “If you forsake the
Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume
you, after that he hath done you good.”
God
has blessed America so much over the years, it’s rather incredible. Not that
everyone is well off, we have our poor in America. When the Pilgrims came to
the shores of the Atlantic Ocean from England via Holland, they were escaping
from persecution for their Christian faith. They dedicated this continent to
God and found friendship and help to live from the Native Americans that
occupied the land before them. Thus, we celebrate Thanksgiving the last
Thursday in November as a remembrance of God’s grace in keeping them alive.
Today,
when visiting my daughter, she was listening to a report from Rabbi Jonathan
Cahn. He described a temple built in New York City dedicated to Baal, one of
the gods warned against by Joshua! Baal followers threw their children in the
fire to their “god” Baal.
Americans
have thrown babies and some of their moms to their death, so to speak, in
abortion clinics across the land. God became furious with the Jewish people for
leaving Him to follow false gods and for burning up thousands of their children
to serve Baal. Imagine how He feels about Americans that have murdered over 63
million babies to the god of convenience, our own Baal.
The Israelis found themselves captured by aggressive, harsh captors and taken an incredible distance to ancient Babylon. Will Americans wake up and repent and return to a gracious, merciful God or will they rebel against God, ignore the enemy of our souls and suffer under the hands of conquerors?
After
my dream of the other day, I sought God today as I haven’t for a while. Not
that I haven’t been praying and reading Scripture, but today I quieted down to
listen and to pray for this grand country that is filled with moral chaos in
the minds and hearts of some. I fasted television and blogged according to
God’s direction.
May
God bless you and yours.
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