Something is shifting.  Something has shifted.

For me, this is hard.  I’m honestly not ready for Jesus to come back.  I mean, from a spiritual standpoint, yes, I’m ready.  But I have so much in my heart that I’m longing to see and do.  Living to be 100 years old wouldn’t even be long enough.  I’m not one of these people that is white-knuckling it, hoping that Jesus will hurry up and come back so that all my problems will be solved.  I don’t have problems. I live the Word of God and I defeat satan on a daily basis.  I don’t wish and hope and pray for victory.  I have victory.  If satan creeps in with depression or sickness or poverty, I cut him to pieces with the Sword of the Spirit of the Word of God.  Through Christ, I always triumph.

I also have a fierce love for my country.  America was founded on God’s shoulders and God’s Word.  I’m not afraid to voice my opinion politically.  If you are a Christian and you are surprised by the direction that President Obama is taking us, shame on you.  All of the evidence was there and you didn’t see it.

A lot of people are speaking about the End Times.  I guard my heart and exercise caution.  It’s so easy to hear all of the prophecies and react in fear.  Recently, whenever I’ve heard someone talk about the End Times, I’ve tried to turn the other way.  Unless it’s someone I know who is Biblically sound and has a track-record of accuracy, I try not to listen.  And then, when I get alone with God, I set it all before Him.  And if I can be honest with you, I’m hoping He’ll say no.  No, it’s not time yet.  You’ve got at least 100 years.  I’m practically begging Him not to come back.  In my heart, I’m listing all the reasons that I need more time.  I want to teach His Word.  I want to see more of the sick healed and the dead raised.  I want to see more captives set free.  I want to proclaim TRUTH non-stop.  I want to marry my husband — the one I’ve been praying for and writing to.  I want to have children.  I want to raise them to be relentless warriors of truth.  And by the time I finish my list, I’m not even sure I want Him to answer… to tell me whether or not the prophecies are true.  But before He even says a word, I know the answer.  And my eyes well up with tears.  And then… a peace floods my heart — a peace I don’t even understand.

Be ready.  Be ready for His return, but also… be ready for how things will be before He returns.  If you are living your life like a spiritual sluggard, believing all the latest and greatest teachings, not even knowing God’s Word for yourself, SNAP OUT OF IT.  If you’re riding your emotions and living by impulse, cut it out.  There are so many spiritual babies out there — and I’m not talking about people who have just been born-again.  I’m talking about those who were born-again 20 years ago and are still in the same bondage they were in back then.  I’m talking about the people who are tossed to and fro by every little problem and difficulty.  If that’s you, don’t feel guilt or condemnation for a second.  This is your wake-up call.  Stand up, shake off complacency and pick up your sword.  There are people who have claimed to live for God their entire life who will end up totally denying Him.  They will be entirely caught off guard by what is going to happen.  And right alongside the world, they will call evil good and good evil.  Don’t let that be you.  Know God.  Know His Word.  Know His power.  Know how strong and immovable you are in Him.  Know that satan is always defeated by those who walk in the authority that God has given them.  Don’t live in fear.  Don’t dig a hole and hide out.

For those of you who know God and His Word, this is going to be an extraordinary time.  Some of you have lived your entire lives, dreaming of the day when you could stand on the battlefield for God.  You’ve lived a happy life, you’ve never strayed from God, but you always knew deep-down, There’s got to be more than this.  I was created for more than this. Your time is coming!  It’s no accident that you are alive in these times.  The world has mocked and ridiculed Christians for centuries.  But when things start to fall apart, when the things that can be shaken are shaken, and you are left standing, people are going to look at you.  You will be a fearless General is God’s army.  The Christians who don’t know God’s Word for themselves will be digging holes and hiding out.  But those who know His Word, they will remain standing till the end.

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