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America is headed for difficult times. Don’t let that depress you. I want to encourage you in the next few minutes. Not that there’s not plenty of negative stuff to speak about that’s just around the corner, if the Lord allows a Joe Biden administration to take over. So I urge you to continue to pray for God to intervene in America’s present desperate situation. In the meantime, let’s educate ourselves in a much greater way than we ever have concerning what the Bible says about the purpose of civil liberty, and the structure of government that it takes to preserve that liberty. I would urge you to visit our website where you can get materials to help you learn; also, tie in with Wallbuilders ministry; it is the largest in the nation by which you can learn the Biblical perspective of America’s Founders.
Whatever the end result, I want to encourage you with some of the promises, which God has been having me note as I’ve read through the Bible each of the last few years. These promises are made to a specific group of people which the Bible calls “The Remnant”. While the phrase, “The Remnant”, has specific references to the Jews and God’s dealings with them, it also is a reference to a specific group of true believers in Christ. This is how I’m referring to it today. The “Remnant” is not made up of your average church-goer, and certainly does not include those of religions outside of Christianity. Neither does it include those who nominally believe that Jesus is God’s Son. It doesn’t even necessarily include those who attend church every Sunday morning! The group the Bible refers to as “The Remnant”, are those who believe that the Bible is ‘truth without any mixture of error’; and that it can be lived out in this present world, right now! They are those who look to the Lord to reproduce His life in them. The “Remnant” are those who love the Lord “with all their heart, soul, mind and strength”, as Jesus said. These, and these alone, are “The Remnant” the Bible talks about. The Prophet Zephaniah defined well who “The Remnant” includes. He wrote:
“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” (Zephaniah 3:13, emphasis added)
The current pressure is designed by God to drive us to Him. If we will repent of living for ourselves, and admit that this life in us is rightfully His to rule and express Himself through, we will find remarkable peace, protection, and provision in these difficult times. This is the plain promise of God in His Word. He promises peace in the passage just referred to: “The remnant shall…lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” He promises we will have provision in this time of economic pressure. If we will be totally committed to Jesus Christ, no matter what government does, we will have the food we need to sustain life. He also promises protection for the person “sold out” to Him. He says in Psalms 91:1-2 that we can say in times of pressure or persecution, if we’re totally committed to Him:
“He that dwelleth in the secret place [(the one who lives conscious of His Presence)] of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. [That person can say:] I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.”
So should we live in fear and depression in these difficult days? Or should we offer to Jesus a total commitment of these lives that He rightfully owns anyway?
Think about it; because if you don’t, someone else will do your thinking for you—and for your children! And you won’t like what that brings to you. I’m Don Pinson; this has been Think About It.