No Knee Jerking

This morning when I woke, God spoke to me about a scripture I remember that speaks about people “running to and from” and then after a quick coffee chat with my roomate I heard God speak, “those who call upon my name will be saved.”

I’ve been doing that – (running to and from), and I know I’m not in alignment as I see the rest of the world doing this same thing; all in various ways, only to learn that there is no escape. There’s no safe place away from the threat of war, the violence, the selfish seeds of division, hate and confusion taking over the minds of humanity. Even our children are hard to reach as social media and the darkness of fear-based philosophy, programming and artificial knowledge is wearing the title “Teacher” in the mind.

Everyone is searching for something. If I can just get a better job I’ll be ok. If I can just get a loving husband I’ll be ok. If I can just get a better friend group all things will work out. Oh but then I need a better body, a prettier face, a quiet countenance and this new wave of “If I can just get a better energy field and heal all my trauma” has prompted historical highs in psychology with more than 1 in 4 Americans now treated in therapy. The results are nothing short of sad. Suicide is higher than it’s ever been. Divorce rates have sky-rocketed, more families are separated and at odds. Mental health terminology has led to shadows of victimhood clouding over the hearts of many and the most popular word in modern culture today is “narcissist”. Everyone’s looking for the villain in the story, playing the victim all the while, and in doing so love is broken, hearts grow cold and the divided house will fall.

Revelation 3:7 speaks of a time when a new Earth will be formed by a new kingdom coming down into this planet. It’s a scripture that gives hope to the ones who have been tossed around, persecuted and bloodied up by the ways of this world and have little strength left. Jesus said to these, “let no one take your crown.” I’ve wondered what that means. Perhaps it’s the particle that lives within a weary soul holding onto a seed of hope for the day when salvation arrives – the day when the world shifts and the darkness is defeated to longer rule over the minds and hearts of the inhabitants of this planet. As a clip from the Wizard of oz I imagine that day – the curtain gets pulled back and the little man holding the microphone who deceived the people is exposed in his ways. We learn that we were all under a spell – controlled by fear and brainwashed into servitude of systems, ideologies and viruses of the mind that worked to destroy what we were created to be… Love.

Seeking salvation on the outside is an empty pursuit, I’ve learned. The experts have failed, our science is shown flawed, the self-proclaimed prophets have misled themselves and many, the leaders can’t create the peace we all seek and the systems designed for hierarchy and greed have set sail into the waters of the unknown as the Titanic under the of the proud, the rich and the Have’s rule over the Have-not’s believing they ride on an unsinkable ship. As the earth roars, the waves grow larger and the mountains quake we all can sense something is on the horizon.

Jesus said, “When you see all these things, look up because your savior is near.” So maybe the only thing we can do is stand at the front of the ship that’s sinking fast and point our eyes the Heavens like Rose flying on the front gates with her arms held up high as the music plays in the background and the heart of the saints rejoice for coming of a new day dawn…

My prayer today is that I can be like Rose. To keep my eyes lifted as I walk through the uncertainty, the noise, the people going crazy running to and from and the voices of doubt and fear with faith in nothing.. but God’s glory of a new story…

Current theme of photo caption: No more knee-jerk reactions. Stay grounded in God alone. Slow & steady wins the race.…