Seeing Signs

The internet is a cornucopia overflowing with warnings of an earth ravaged by Covid, searing heat, floods, and meteors. The UNs’ plans to enslave us, reset us and vaccinate us, have caused trumpets to blow and the days of Elijah seem to be at the door. The net wows watching believers with its warnings. Some of the prophetic announcements are relevant, some are pathetic, but still an obvious question remains.

Does this so called increase in signs, ever translate into increased prayer or passion for God? Has it produced a cry for intimacy with our King and a readiness’ to share Jesus with all we meet?

The fact is, it is easier to watch another video to increase our fear of freedoms taken from us, than it is to increase our disciple making efforts for the One who gave it all?

Can we discern the signs of His coming, more easily than we are of the signs of His "leaving”. The Holy Spirit of course never leaves us but where is the evidence of His increasing influence in our lives. Have we become so used to His faithfulness, that like Samson, we are unaware that the Lord’s influence in us and through us, has diminished? If His impact is increasing in our hearts, where are the tears for the lost still blind and still dead in their sin?

Friend, do we check the state of our souls as often as we check the state of the nations? Has the net caught us and kept us from the closet? Are we the generation that knows more about the coming of the Lord than we do of the Lord who is coming? We are so privileged to seek and see the face of Him who has already come and He waits in the secret place, to speak to us and transfer the fire of His own heart into ours.

Maybe I’m just preaching to me!