And To This End

 

And To This End

Ephesians 6:18 “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—” (NKJV)

“Having done all, to stand.”

     Boulder in the current.  The brunt of pressure upon the face yet the object be unmoved.  The littles ones swim freely in the obstructed flow.  They dance and learn their manners of survival needed before they face the opposing stream themselves.  Fry just hatched need stillness lest they bruise.  A dam locked in solidarity spans the rush of the immediate giving them time to develop their legs as tadpoles lose their tails.

     Church!  An umbrella you offer.  Safety is known within your gates keeping the enemy from the keep.  Are the watchers on the tower?  Who bears the trumpets scanning the horizon for foreigner or friend?  Does mold grow at the base?  Has the enemy slowly crept in in subversion?

     Does not the Lord hold the candlestick lifting up the commissioning He has called us to?  In other words, unless we be about His business He threatens to disband what He has organized.  Why else would He appoint overseers even deacons to their specific jobs?  In safety He calls His little ones to the fold, but we are responsible for stone upon stone.  Wolves creep outside.  Fornicating spirits with smooth tongues hide piercing teeth ready for young soul’s rich blood of virginity.  Serpents think they can tunnel under and lift their heads in temptation.

     Feel the ferocity of the Head Shepherd.  In vengeance He wields His staff.  The blood of the enemy is upon the pole and under His feet.  If He curses the darkness and lights a torch in the midst of Her, shall we not agree with Him in windows streaming truth about the countryside?  Our stained glass leaded together faithfully pictures to others the incredible love of Christ.

     The Church in stone stands for a refuge.  She enjoys the Triumvirate.  His power over Her shall not be overthrown.  Hell’s gate wanders the way, but it bows at Her bridge for She discriminates who enters. 

     Today if you have been called to protect, hide them under your wing.  He has called those mature to withstand the schemes of the devil and shelter those who don’t understand.  Young in the faith can suffer bruises to stunt if we do not step in.

     Undercover the lies.  Dig up the serpents and burn the tall grass they slither through.  Satan comes to the school of the innocents wanting them to swallow poison at a young age.  Deep set under layers of good doctrine still requires surgery in the end.  Therapy is expensive.

     Wear the armor.  Pray for the saints.  Intercede for the blind.  Yell loudly to those whose sins have calloused their ears.  Warn for the Judge awaits.  The fear of God is a great antidote for mischievous spirits taunting authority to temptation’s edge.

     Genesis 20:11 “And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.”

     God has so placed us as resistance in this headstrong world.  We bear the cross and so are identified as such.  We are a peculiar people.  We don’t go with the flow.  White water rapids voice their threats vehemently.  However, we will not be moved.  What we protect in still waters behind reminds us that Jesus calls the children to His side.

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