April 17, 2020 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Lord is not done with us!

I am amazed as to the patience of our Lord. His love and kindness proceeds from His throne even when we are such failures or jerks. The Spirit did not wait for me to wake up this morning to begin talking. God woke me up through the night quoting Scriptures. Once again, God will not be programmed or defined as man considers how God gets things done. When we got God all figured out, God does a right turn or U-turn on us. We will always see God through a colored looking glass—never able to understand all there is about God.

As the Spirit moved me through the night-hours, I found myself troubled and worried as to the Church’s response to what God wants us to do. I am concerned and fully understand that only one church out of the seven churches of the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ responded to what the Spirit was saying to the churches. America’s churches will have to choose what their response will be. Will God remove their candlestick, or will they repent and accept the criticism of the Holy Spirit and His correction.

What is the answer to the coronavirus and its effects on America? The answer is simple, choose repentance and righteousness. Consider oneself ‘poor, blind and naked’ when it comes to our response to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives. As Americans we think we are rich monetarily, but God says “you are poor” because you do not have the riches of Christ. We say, we can see—we have knowledge and insight beyond all other nations, but God says, “you’re blind” because of our lack of spiritual knowledge we cannot recognize the purposes and will of God. Last of all, God says, “you’re naked”, even though our pride and money dresses us with only the best the world offers. God sees us as ‘undressed’ because we are not dressed in His glory, His honor, His righteousness, or His love. In our pride we think we are something special, but my hope for all of us is that we will acknowledge our weaknesses and self-importance and cry out for God’s acceptance thereby giving up all that we think is rich, important, and self-gratification.

The virus is not a natural problem, it is a spiritual problem with its roots in a spiritual attack of Satan—this is so obvious! We cannot overcome this problem with a quick fix by saying we are important to God so He will protect us, or a medical answer will be discovered within a year. I consider this a trial—Church, you are being tested by God! One of the Holy Spirit’s jobs is to allow and guide us to be tried and tested. When this happens Satan always enters the picture (reference Job and Jesus in Scriptures).

So, we are in a season of testing and a battle against Satan. When this happens, we have no other option other than to humble ourselves, repent of our pride and sins, and allow God to have His way with us. It is only in the process of testing, refining, cleansing, and acquiring spiritual strength that God’s will is accomplished.

Be the church that repents and changes their lives. Give up the pride that is holding you back from asking God to cleanse and repair your life. We have failed God in the past; do not make this our future.

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What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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