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There is
much, much more going on in the unseen, and we will not know
about most of it until we get to heaven!
Because we are so public here at
the Isacc House, we often get calls from other ministries and
from hundreds of people and businesses who want to sell us something.
Rarely is there anything on the
caller's agenda except the sale or other form of solicitation.
Often those callers are offended
when the sale is not consummated and the hyperspirituality comes
to the surface. Yesterday I had a young man ask if he could pray
for me on the phone because I did not want to buy his product
for the youth of our church.
I said no.
Soldier, beware.
It seems so harmless
One of the most dangerous elements
in time is prayer that is offered amiss. It is often offered
in sincerity and hastily by the well-meaning and immature.
Make no mistake: I often rush to
pray with those who are distressed or those who ought to be and
don't know it.
But I never give in to someone
else just because it is awkward. When there is a clarity that
something is out of joint, we who serve the One Who hung the
stars, may not agree with deception. And those who rush
in where angels fear to tread are either deceived or foolish.
In any event, the Soldier of the
Cross, though humble, must remain vigilant and must refuse to
bend to whims of spirituality that are not of the Lord.
We must feel, but we may not be
ruled by sentimentality. We must be tender, but we may not be
squishy.
We may not fully know what is happening,
but we may not be passive.
We are about our Father's business,
and while there is sacrifice and yieldedness, there are no compromises
with darkness.
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