What do you stand for?

What do you stand for?

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America (and entire world) has been thrust into the game. No one is allowed to sit on the sidelines anymore. We can no longer sit idly by cheering on those that are in the game... Encouraging those that voice what they believe, have an answer for what they believe when confronted, and live out those beliefs daily in spite of criticism or persecution. The benches have been burned and no one can sit down or return to spectating. NOW, everyone has skin in the game. Everyone has to decide what side they are on and what position they will play AND do it.

Many decisions are being required of us. COVID, masks, protesting, racism, basic human and civil rights, and power of the government are a few decisions that we all currently face that require our decision AND action. Action has lacked in the Body of professed believers for a long time and now we find ourselves in a place where complacency is no longer an option. Many will learn for the first time how to choose what they believe, how to research issues, how to discern right and wrong and most importantly how to rely on the Lord for knowledge and leading in spite of what the nation or fellow brothers and sisters believe. God is calling us to action. He is training us to learn to stand on Him and nothing else. This is not war, but the training that proceeds it. The urgency to be well-equipped and fully yielded to Him has never been greater or more imperative for all believers than it is now.

Practice and become freethinking, practice questioning the legitimacy of everything, practice seeking God’s truth and thoughts on everything, practice following His leading in everything, practice voicing your beliefs, practice standing strong in those beliefs in spite of ridicule or persecution, practice boldness, practice loving others, practice discerning the real enemy, and practice with your spiritual armor and sword. The game we have been forced into is not a baseball game but instead war-games that prepare us for the real battle to come.

The Lord wants you to choose His side and allow Him to train you. It will not be easy nor free, but the alternative is ultimately much more costly. What is your response to Him?