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Isaiah 59:19 declares: " the enemy comes in like a flood Wholesale Jonas Valanciunas Jersey , the Spirit of the lord lifts up a standard against him."


I'm not all that sure that the original language in which this was written contained a comma after the word "flood." I prefer to believe that the actual pause belongs after the word "IN." Try it again: "When the enemy comes in, LIKE A FLOOD, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him."


There. That's more like it.


When we think of "spiritual journeys," we usually envision experiences that will lead us to peace and harmony, serenity and contentment. As we attempt to deal with the stuff of life, whether it's emotional, physical, relational or financial Wholesale DeMar DeRozan Jersey , as spiritual beings, we tend to tap into spiritual things for comfort and guidance.


As you take your spiritual journey, beware! God may be taking you somewhere special and unexpected. Don't fall for the illusion that spirituality is always a source of solace. There's an old Yiddish proverb that goes, "God is an earthquake, not an uncle."


Along those lines, do you recall the Prophet Elijah's encounter with God on Mount Horeb? Here we have the mighty Prophet Elijah, fresh after his defeat of the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the Asherah on Mount Carmel, being hunted by Queen Jezebel. While this mighty man of God was hiding from this woman Wholesale Serge Ibaka Jersey , he encountered some other, very frightening things - natural elements that included an earthquake, wind, lightning, and fire. But by virtue of the depth of his relationship with God, he knew these could not have been sent by Him, the God who had cared for him for so many years. It was only when Elijah heard "a still small voice," that he felt he was finally hearing from God of Heaven.


ARE YOU LISTENING?


It's that same "still small voice" that each of us can listen for and be guided by - even when we are in situations less life-threatening than the path of a hurricane. Right now Wholesale Kyle Lowry Jersey , we can let that voice direct our prayers for the refugees and the rescuers. We can listen and understand those who are impacted by disaster when we recognize that Hurricane Katrina was NOT God's way of punishing the Big Easy, though it's a fact that we will ALWAYS reap the consequences for the seeds we sow - good seeds and bad. If we're listening, that still small voice will guide us through our own life's disasters and strengthen us, even when the tide is rising.


How strong is your faith? It WILL be tested.


How strong is your family? The tests will come.


How strong is your church? Your organization? Your relationship? Your community? Your nation? Just as Jesus Himself was led by the Spirit to be tested by the devil (Gee, thanks, Spirit!), so , too Wholesale OG Anunoby Jersey , will WE be tested. How else will we know what we're made of? Jesus said several times that He came "as an example." If He went through trials, we, TOO, shall face trials. And if we FAIL the tests, we get to take them again and again till we pass to the next level.


WARNING: New level, new devil, but we must soldier-on if our lives are ever going to exhibit the fruit of our relationship with God. Don't you've passed through the Refiner's fire, you won't smell a hint of smoke.


We have God's promise.


HERE'S WHAT JESUS HAS TO SAY:


"And every one that heareth these sayings of mine Wholesale C.J. Miles Jersey , and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it," (Matt 7:24-27). Jesus warned us about the coming flood of the last days, a storm that would be unleashed against the people of God. He described this flood to be accompanied by hurricane winds of testing Wholesale Vince Carter Jersey , torrents of trouble, and rising tide of demonic fury.


In such days of persecution, wrath and trouble will pour out of the devil's foul mouth against the Body of Christ: "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time... he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child... and the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman [the church], that he might cause her to he carried away of the flood," (Rev 12:12-15).


Will Satan literally spew floodwaters out of his mouth? No. The enemy WILL come against us with words, lies Wholesale Tracy Mcgrady Jersey , half- truths, and every wicked thing that can be verbalized or even written. He will use our own minds and even other people to keep the "flood" coming at us relentlessly to get us where we have no solid foundation on which to stand.


By now, we've all seen the TV footage of Katrina's floodwaters carrying with it everything from cars to trains to houses, destroying everything in its path. This is why God says our enemy comes in like a "flood", using words of destruction to bring us down and to destroy us. Satan wants to do to us what a flood does to everything in its path.


LIFT UP A STANDARD


As was mentioned at the start in Isaiah 59:19, a "standard is lifted up by the Spirit of the Lord on our behalf. What is the "standard"? How do we make use of this resource? We find the answer in Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death."


There it is, the "word of their testimony" was the overcoming action they used. Yes Cheap Bismack Biyombo Jersey , we hate those tests but we do love the testimonies, don't we?


We also find in Isaiah 59:21 "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants Cheap James Johnson Jersey ," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."
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