Matthew 10:26-36 “But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear! Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. What is the price of two sparrows – one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Your enemies will be right in your own household!’”
It was not too long ago that you could not imagine the world you live in today. You had your own experiences with family drama, you had experienced rejection from members of your family, but it was, for you, an understandable set of circumstances given the mental illness and addiction in your family. However, what you are seeing, what so many are experiencing these days, you never would have imagined. Families split apart, blown apart at the seams, over the lies and manipulations of the enemy. Hatred sprouting up out of nowhere. These are spiritual battles. All spiritual. They are disguised as political. They are disguised as societal. They are disguised as “moral” issues. Yet, it is all darkness vs. light. You are beginning to see a rejection of all those who follow me. Not only that, but you are beginning to experience spiritual abuse and persecution that you would never have believed would be possible in the USA. Yet, here it is. And it will not only not lessen, it will worsen. This is your “new normal”. This is your Nation – your world – today. You see it. You experience it. You feel it all around you. You know that it is happening, yet it is still – at times – seemingly a dream. You know Truth, and you have the discernment to recognize lies and evil. That is unsettling, I know, yet these are qualities I gifted you with and which will save you. Remember, your enemy can only touch your physical life. He cannot harm you spiritually – unless you let him. He cannot cause you to become distant from me – unless you let him. He cannot touch what is important – your eternal soul – unless you let him. So, my child, it is imperative that you only look to me. Only listen to me. Only focus on me. Look up, not around. Stay in my Word. Swim in it. Dive into it. Live in it. Soak your mind and soul in it. And as you draw nearer to me, as you become more and more familiar with my Word – share it. Shout it from the streets. Tell everyone. Call out lies and defend Truth. These are the weapons of spiritual wars – Truth and lies. Love and hate. Belief and rejection. Light and darkness. You have chosen, and chosen correctly and wisely. I will honor those choices and always be with you, in you, beside you, on your side. Do not be intimidated. Do not become frozen or panicked. If you are afraid, come to me. Talk to me, then listen to me. Experience the calm and strength I have for you. They are limitless. Trust, child. Trust. I’m not going anywhere. Always remember – any voice that condemns you, any voice that says I don’t love you, any voice that says I am not for you – that is not my voice. Reject it and turn to listen to me.
Amanuensis 