Our First Love
A Word on Prophecy, The Love of Money and Brokenness
I see
folks on Facebook talking about praying to God to heal the land, and to
stop the evil in the land, and to drive away pestilence and all of that.
I've heard it for years. But, do they consider how God will do this?
Are you really ready for it? Maybe the problem isn't the things YOU
think are the problem. Maybe those things are the symptoms. Maybe our
love of money is the problem? We are like fish swimming in the love of
money. It is everything we breathe, even if we don't want to believe it.
Remember, the love of money is the root of all evil. (1 Timothy 6:10)
When
God brings a person to Himself, He often breaks the person. He has to
get them to let go of everything and turn to God only. That is how it
works in real life, that is how it works in God's Word. It works that
way with individuals, and it works that way with nations. God does not
see things the way we see them.
So,
are you willing to be broken? Are you willing to be poor? Are you
willing to suffer, and trust God? What if God allows our economy to be
destroyed? Would you help the poor? If he makes you one of them? When
Christ returns He judges the nations. He says nothing about abortion,
racism, homosexuality, pornography, drugs, or any of the other things
preachers preach about. He says..."What you did unto the least of these
you did unto me...." (Matthew 25) He judges based upon whether we
loved. Whether we helped the poor, the sick, the naked, the prisoner.
THAT! is good stewardship. That! is what a good and faithful servant
does. He acts as His master and let's the sun shine on the just and the
unjust.
Yes,
we are saved by Grace through faith, being born again and confessing
Jesus as our Lord. But, people who are really saved hear His voice and
love others. They do the things the Lord would do. That is Godliness.
Remember
in God's Word, when God sent the people into Babylon, he does it
because they were greedy and destroyed the land. They allowed no rest
for the land or the people. Just money, money money. Greed. They did not
trust God to take care of them while they let the land rest. They did
not trust God. So, He put them in a situation where they had no choice
but to trust Him. And the land rested. The debts were forgiven. All the
wealth was taken away. (I'm not going to give you the verses. You need
to learn God's Word, and learn how to use a concordance. There are great
ones online. Read Jeremiah)
Are we
really ready for God to help us? Are we really ready to realize that
maybe the abortion we cry about are caused by our love of money? Are we
willing to see that our children are handing our land over to the enemy
because of our love of money? Are we willing to believe that our love
of money, keeps us from being good stewards, and helping those around
us? Are we willing to see that every industry and institution is
corrupted by the love of money? Even His houses of worship makes
decisions because of the love of money, instead of people?
The time is drawing short. Revelation speaks of the Black Horse, which is obviously an economic collapse with famine. (Rev. 6)
The Book of James has this to say about the same event.
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you." ---James 5:1-6
Don't think that rapture will remove you. It's better to turn to God and let Him break you. That is real healing. It's coming.
So...
Don't be surprised when we are broken.
Don't be surprised when we need wheel barrows full of cash.
Don't be surprised when we run to Egypt to sell all we have for some corn meal.
Don't be surprised, when the cows of Bashan, walk around in filthy rags. (Look it up)
Don't be surprised when we are sold into Babylon
Don't be surprised when we must choose between Christ and a bite of food, or the Mark.
Do you really
want God to heal us? Do you trust Him enough to let Him break us? Joy
comes in the morning; when we remember our real first love.
Who is your first love? God or Mammon? Be honest?
This is not condemnation, this a call to turn to God.
The love of money is very deceptive and hides well.
Who is your first love?
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Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ His newest book is called “The Future is Coming” and is a collection of dystopian short stories.
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