Challenge

I would like to share with you a portion of the thoughts that I shared this past Sunday ( Father's Day)in Radcliff, Kentucky.

 

God is truly looking for a “few good men” to stand strong in this critical hour of choosing to follow God or follow after the plans of man. Surely we can all agree that we are living in very unique and also challenging times.   We are seeing prophetic events and spiritual decline playing out right before our very eyes.   We are seeing the effects of sin, violence, evil and spiritual apathy make an unwelcome impact on our world, on our nation, on our state, on our communities, on our neighborhoods, and in our immediate families.   BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE TURMOIL WE CAN HEAR AND RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT AT WORK IN THE MIDST OF THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO LOOK TO GOD FOR THEIR INSPIRATION AND DIRECTION.  

I refuse to lose faith and I refuse to lose heart but I declare that I will turn my face toward God and look for divine intervention in the midst of the chaos.   Our text in 1 Corinthians 16 finds the Spirit looking for a few good men in the local church and the Spirit uses the Apostle Paul to remind them of some important characteristics that needed to be evident in their life.   Watch ye: watching, in its usual actions, signifies a rejection of sleep; and because we have chosen to reject sleep we recognize that we are to be alert and aware of the tactics and strategies of the enemy of our souls.    The men and women of this generation must stop hitting the snooze button on their spiritual calls.   We must arise, shake ourselves from spiritual sleep and be alert to the call that God is issuing to His people. 

1 Corinthians 16:13, “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men (act like a man), be strong.” (KJV)

I Corinthians 16:13, “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. (NKJV)