As if foreseeing the days we live in and the taunt of the enemy David says,
“In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, (A)`Flee like a bird to your mountain, 2 for behold, the wicked (B)bend the bow; (C)they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.'” (Psalm 11:1-2 ESV)
Today all of God’s faithful people still sit in their own homes and huddle together in their tiny churches or home group meetings. They see the LORD’s enemies massing against them in the forms of unrighteous legal mandates which order them to do things they do not want to do, thousands of police departments arrayed in military gear ever ready to take them to places they do not want to go, and in an American military that fights against every nation (or belief) on earth that does not bend to its will. And so the enemy taunts us and says, “Where will you go now? Will you flee to your hide out in a cave in the ground or on some mountain top?” But, like David we say, “No. Only in the LORD do I take refuge.”
Yet, also like David we understand that “3 if (D)the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”[a]
If anyone doubted it before, they should doubt it no longer in the light of Justice John Robert’s decision issued last week by the Supreme Court regarding Obamacare… the United States of America has ceased being a constitutional republic under the rule of law. That ruling makes it abundantly clear that tyrants rule this nation, tyrants who serve Satan and not God. This is not new, however. Those with spiritual eyes have seen this for at least eight years and many for longer than that. A long line of traitors have led this nation to where it is today, utterly destroyed as a constitutional republic. The power of God’s people also lies totally broken. We no longer possess any type of foundation, moral, spiritual, or governmental, upon which righteous politicians could build anything. Now we can only watch as wicked men and women consolidate their power and move to destroy us. Yet things will not unfold as the wicked powers have planned. Isaiah says concerning these particular times,
4 (G)The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
5 The earth lies (H)defiled
under its inhabitants;
for (I)they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore (J)a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants (K)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left. (Isaiah 24:4-6)
In this amazing passage Isaiah even predicts the cause of earth’s troubles.
16 (U)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to (V)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For (W)the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
I remember all the way back to the 1990’s when President Bill Clinton sold sensitive guided missile technology to the Chinese government. I said to myself then, “He’s betraying this nation.” That betrayal did not begin with Clinton, but it sped up exponentially after him. One can find thousands of article on the internet about Barack Obama’s betrayals of this nation and last week revealed a new traitor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Still, Isaiah reveals above the outcome of these gross betrayals, and like David we know that
4 (E)The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord’s (F)throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids (G)test the children of man.
5 The Lord (H)tests the righteous,
but (I)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
(J)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (K)the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;
he (L)loves righteous deeds;
(M)the upright shall behold his face.
Yes, we know the ultimate victor of this age-long war and we take refuge in HIM! The final battle is about to begin. I have my armor on and my sword ready. Do you?
