False Refuge

False Refuge

"Of all things let us avoid the false refuge of a weary collapse, a hopeless yielding to things as they are. It is the life in us that is discontented: we need more of what is discontented, not more of the cause of its discontent." George MacDonald

One of Satan's favorite words is overwhelm. He wants us to think that we can do nothing to alter the state of the world today. Success is spreading for him. We are falling prey to this belief that one cannot make a difference. Good news is out there though. Where one with the strength of God will stand, others will flock to support. One can make a difference through God's grace and glory. "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark." Genesis 7:23

Numbers have always been an obsession to humans. We don't have enough, then we are inadequate. Overabundance is rarely an issue with us. An insatiable hole, in us, is what we try to fill up with numbers. The hole can only be filled with God. God cares nothing about these materialistic numbers. He cares about personal numbers: you, us(Holy Trinity), and them(nonbelievers). By their(Holy Trinity) power, He will infuse you(the believer) to change them. A willing believer can become an awesome tool in the hands of God. We have to quit focusing on our inadequacies and start focusing on his ADEQUATE nature. He will give us all that we need to do the job. Do not allow the world to crush and conform the passion within you. First of all, it can not do it. The attempt will be made, but we must turn and trust wholely upon God. Guidance and strength will come and always in time. We cannot give into the world's beliefs that he with the most wins. Actually we can! We just have to modify it from their materialistic view to a spiritual view. We already have the MOST! THE MOST HIGH, God Almighty. And He has won already.

The hope that is within us is what gives us strength to keep moving in this world. To keep proclaiming strong. To keep witnessing strong. He is the source of our strength. "It is God that girdeth me with strength..." Psalm 18:32 God gives us the hope that we can make a difference against the evilness of this world. It is the discontent(Jesus) that drives us(the discontent with the way this world is). He wants us to make a change or impact for His glory, to not leave the world the way we came into it! We have to keep the flames and coals burning hot in our hearts. Focus is the key. The key is to keep our eyes on what or who is discontent(Jesus) and not what causes the discontent(lawlessness and immorality). If we focus too hard on the problems of the world, we will be dragged in and snared. Corruption will follow. The Enemy has won. The finish line is the focal point of this race, not the path of the race. Do NOT be snared.

God is the only refuge we must seek. All others are dust in the wind. They are false and fading refuges. Quit seeking to fill your bodies with the false hope of the world. There is no sustainment in what the world has to offer. No happiness. No fulfillment. Satan does offer a melancholy anchor to drag us into a hopeless abyss. Away from all those that need our help! Stand strong in the LORD! Why subject yourself to hopelessness? Yield yourself to the One that is full of hope. He will fill us with his all-consuming fire that will burn away all traces of the hopelessness and inadequacy that Satan tries to build his false refuge inside of us with!

kenny