Our peace and contentment always depend upon our resignation into God’s hands, no matter what our circumstance. The psalmist writes, “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4).

If you’ve fully resigned yourself into God’s hands, then you’re able to endure any and all hardships. Your Father’s desire is for you to be able to go about your daily business without fear or anxiety, totally trusting in his care. And your resignation to him has a very practical effect in your life. The more resigned you are to God’s care and keeping, the more indifferent you’ll be to the conditions around you.

If you are resigned to him, you won’t constantly be trying to figure out the next step. You won’t be scared by the frightful news swirling around you. You won’t be overwhelmed as you think about the days ahead because you’ve entrusted you life, family and future into your Lord’s safe and loving hands.

How worried or concerned do you think sheep are as they follow their shepherd? They are not worried at all, because they’re totally resigned to his leading them. Likewise, we are the sheep of Christ, who is our great Shepherd. So, why should we ever be concerned, disquieted or worried about our lives and futures? He knows perfectly how to protect and preserve his flock because he leads us in love!

In my own life, I’ve had to learn to trust God one problem at a time. Think about it: How can I say I trust God with everything, if I haven’t proven I can trust him with just one thing? Merely saying the words, “I trust the Lord completely,” isn’t sufficient. I have to prove this over and over again in my life, in many areas and in everyday things.

Many people living today have said, “I resign, I commit, I trust,” only after they say there was no other way out of their situation. But true resignation, the kind that pleases God, is done freely and willingly, prior to our coming to wit’s end. We are to act in agreement with the Lord, as Abraham did, giving God his life as a blank check, and letting the Lord fill it all in.

And I have had similar visions and know well of that which you speak. May the Lord help us to be ready; to do our part; to not shrink back from death itself it that is what we’re called to. As long as it’s merely physical and not spiritual!

Blessings to you brother, I hope to speak with you again soon and desire your prayers during this trying and far too busy season of life that wears on my body and soul.

I pray that you are well, and prospering in the Lord!

Susan

Hi Brothertom ….you said

“We have entered into the times of the 10 virgins. 5 had oil [faith and presence]….5 did not. The Bridegroom awakened them. Some could see their way, some could not.”

Amen to that brother. You also said this

“I fear concerning my own faith, and how I will trust. This is the only thing that will carry us through.”

I love your honesty bro. The only thing that we differ in is how it will come to pass. I do not see America being invaded. The anti-christ will come from a “revived roman empire.” I know that we will agree to that. This will probably be Europe proper, or the country where European’s fled to and created “another Europe.”

I think if we think about “Mystery Babylon,” and how all the world was made rich by her, it may lead one to conclude that America could very possibly be the “Revived Roman Empire.”

So here is my theory, and since I guessed it, it is most probably wrong (none of us can really know how it will unfold) …America is attacked, just liked you said.Perhaps Britain and Europe as well. So, London, Paris, New York and Washigton each are bombed. Suitcase bomb or something like that. Hundreds of thousands are killed.

The worlds economy, already fragile, is in total chaos. Worse than that, the world is plunged into total fear and insecurity. Someone famous once said that if people had to choose between anarchy and dictatorship, they would choose dictatorship every time. The leading countries of the world call a summit. At this summit, led by a Charismatic politician and backed by the Pope and other religious leaders such as Dobson and Pat Robertons, and by Pentecostal guys like Copeland and so on, they agree that the need for security is first and foremost.

They intitiate a program that will put this chip that we all know about, in everyone of us. Only enemies of the state and those who seek to do harm will resist, they say. Religious leaders will calm the “religious,” people down by assuring them that this is not the number of the beast.

Most of the world would laugh at this notion anyway, but the “religous,” are convinced because they are told that the “saints,’ would never have to have the mark of the beast because Jesus comes and raptures them before the tribulation. So, therefore, this cannot be the mark of the beast. Also they are convinced that God would not want them to suffer.

Those who are left are the true Christians, the sheep have just been separtaed from the goats. Since you would not be able to buy or sell without the mark, not be able to work, you will lose everything material. You will be scorned at. You will be cast in the same light as the terrorists.The governments will tell the people that we are a “disruptive,” force on the earth.

They will embrace an all encomapssing philosophy that will say somehing along the lines that we all worship the same God, there may be differences between Jesus and Mohammed, but these are not differences that should divide us. We should be tolerant and fully accept that there are many paths to God, in fact, did not Jesus say that He had “other sheep.” People are so biblically illiterate that they will not know the truth.

We, then become a burden to a society in total chaos. Since we do not work, then we do have the ability to feed oursleves. After a while we will be rounded up. Society is very angry at “people like us.” We will be fed by the government, until there is such an outcry against us. Then they, at some point, will begin to kill us.

Now brothertom, you reckoned on a 100 million being killed. I reckon that hundreds of thousand will be killed in the bombs. Yet, Ravenhill used to say that he believed only about 2% of America was actually saved, that makes it about 6 million will be killed in this country alone. Now if you think that it is ridiculous, just think back 60 years and remember that 6 million Jews were killed for the mere fact of being Jews.

So bottom line guys, I think that brothertoms attitude of fearing concerning his own faith is a correct one. This is the proper attitude. We must beware when we stand lest we fall. Now is the time to get our attitude right about material possesions, about trials, about tribulations. Now is the time to learn to be content and finding God’s peace in the midst of the storms. If we do not get there now, we will not make it once it starts.

Its exactly what brothertom says in regard to the 10 virgins. If you have to run around and look for oil once this starts, there will be none to be found. For the mark will come quickly and you will have no time really to consult, only those who have already prepared for it Spiritually will be read and “go in.” There will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth…………Frank

I was going to post about this and I did tell Susan (Faithwalk) about it when it happened, but I’ll just share it here. In the winter of 2007, I was shoveling snow out of the driveway when, for some reason, I found myself wondering what the great falling away would look like. As I was thinking on this, for a fraction of a second, I saw a huge battlefield with fallen soldiers in every direction. The sight came and went so fast that it was gone almost before I realized it was there. A vast army with very few survivors.

This army was not a modern army. They were dressed in eighteenth century uniforms and outfitted likewise. Why this was the case alluded me until a couple of weeks ago. This army would be completely unprepared for a contemporary battlefield; much like many christians are unprepared for the things coming to pass upon the face of the earth. This is one reason why the pre-treibulation doctrine is so very dangerous. Folks adopt a cozy “were not going to be here” mentality and fail to prepare for the time when they may have to literally love not their own life in this world.

Frank, I used to be a pre-tribber and in those days, the very thought of having to go through the tribulation was terrifying. In the spring of 2004, the Lord opened my understanding to this issue. I was in the very room where I sit now and I remember praying “Lord, if this is true, please prepare me for it.” I can honestly say that I have far more peace and joy unspeakable now than I ever did in the pre-trib days. Our joy is not dependant on any situation here, but in our relationship with Christ. To live is Christ and to die is gain; every saint must grasp this.

Sorry for rambling. (I’m making up for weeks of silence here. lol) This is one of the most needful posts that I’ve read in a long time. Thanks.

Have a blessed weekend in Jesus.

timbob

Am I a prophet Dan? If I am a prophet then the people of God will reject me. It has always been so. It has been my experience Dan that if you call yourself a prophet, then you are most likely not. All true prophets will feel like they are a voice crying in the wilderness.