safety

There have been many ministries and individual ministers who have spoken about safety in Jesus. I want to address this issue today. To determine whether or not we are safe, we have to know the times and the circumstances we live in. In the natural, we live in a free country, America. But realistically speaking, we do have theives, murderers, and people who destroy things in our society. In the spiritual we have angels that watch over us, plus the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives. But realistically speaking, there are demons, and satan himself, who according to Jesus are present in our lives to "steal, kill, and destroy." (Jn 10:10) Is satan stronger than Jesus? No. Is satan able to affect our lives? According to Jesus, yes.

We as Jesus' followers have been given a lot of power and authority. Some people are saying that satan does not have power to harm us under certain circumstances. For what then do we need the authority and the power given us? Or better yet, whom do we have to overcome, if satan is no harm to us? Another question that comes to mind is, if we are safe from harm when we abide in Him (Jesus)then why were Paul and the Apostles harmed? Will there ever be a time in our lives when we can say we have arrived, if Paul said himself that he could not say that? (Phil 3:12)

I believe that the teachers who are speaking about our safety mean well, but their lessons and prophecies are not bearing the weight of scriptural comparison. Let us look at the book of Revelation, Chapter 12, where war is seen in the heavens. This is a war which we see around the birth of one who has the spirit of Prophecy, and whose brothers and sisters also have the spirit of Prophecy. It is an important birth that God is giving the Church a glimps of, for the Testimony of Jesus is the spirit of Prophecy. During this birth there is war in the heavens which continues on down to the earth as satan is cast down. Where is the safety mentioned here? There is overcoming mentioned, in the blood of the Lamb and in the word of their testimony, who love not thier lives unto death. But we don't read about the safety of God's people here. We read that they overcome.

What times do we live in, and what are our circumstances? To answer this questions I would like to tell you about an incident that happened almost 6 years ago. Under very strange cirmcumstances two faithful servants of God were in a car accident, one severely hurt. This jarred my sense of security and I asked the Lord how the accident could have happened, as I thought surely He protects His people. He answered me that night in a dream. In the dream I saw satan on the earth, like a large beast full of stars, and with a tail that swept the night sky, tossing stars to the ground. There was war in heaven and some of the fighter planes sent parachuters down to the earth. They were not harmed by the darkness nor the stars hurled to the earth and were sent to help fight against the beast.

After this dream I understood that the times we now live in are those of Revelation 12, and satan has been cast out of the heavens. He is angry because he knows his time is short. Even the symbolic mother of the one born with the spirit of Prophecy fled away from him. But if we who have the spirit of prophecy can overcome him then let's do so. Let's not hold onto a false sense of safety but onto every word that comes out of Jesus' mouth. We were warned that people would be saying "peace and safety" when it was not to be (1 Thess 5:3). God will prepare us to overcome our enemy, and lead us to vicory. Let us put our trust in Him. Amen.