Daily Musings ~ Part 10

For too long, we have set aside what is necessary in following Him. We have become enamored with so much that promises something but delivers nothing. Empty promises. From politicians to teachers, to pastors, to prophets, to each other. So many claim to have seen and heard His word and plans for us, but they are like that one Paul spoke of in 2 Corinthians 3. That veil is still needed to see His glory, and whereas we through Christ have been afforded the blessing of spiritual sight, too many have found it acceptable to shield our eyes or see through the lens of those who distort His image and dirty the lens we see through. And yet they say what they see, and we believe them. People like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, evangelicals who have lost their way, false prophets and teachers, oligarchs given access to running and overtaking our government, and people appointed to oversee cabinet positions and government agencies that do not have the interest of the people at heart because they are mirror images of Donald Trump. Time is running short for lifesaving vision.

There are times we seem accepting of the lie that the Lord only speaks direction through select individuals. If the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, how is it that your sight is contingent on another’s interpretation even when it is contrary to His word. His prophetic servants still speak, but their words are drowned out by those who offer promises pleasing to the flesh. To a man-made gospel. C.S. Lewis says, “He shows much more of Himself to some people more than others—not because He has His favorites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as a clean one.”

The Lord had the prophet Samuel anoint Saul as King. His character was flawed and He served self over God. His mantel was removed and given to David. When how we see Him is blurred by our own desires over His, all that we see will be out of focus. And then how can one tell the listener what they truly see? Would you take directions from one you know needs glasses or a hearing aid? We’re doing that right now. We see half of our country follow a man elected president who has surrounded himself with like-minded evil from being traitorous, to sexual deviants, liars, thieves, lovers of self rather than those seeking Him, and those who seek to enrich themselves with no regard to the well-being of those they purport to serve. And we are no different today than when the prophet Jeremiah said that “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power: And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?” (Jeremiah 5:31) The prophets who missed it in 2020 are back. They say they actually got it right when trump didn’t win saying that the second term just came now. They again herald his lies and selfish, egotistical and narcissistic ways as being God’s way to bring the second coming of our Lord. And the fear of Trump’s demonic threats has caused so many in Congress to bow the knee. To Trump not the Lord. Somewhere worship and belief have become so distorted it’s basically impossible to see a way out. As C.S. Lewis wrote, “That is why horrible nations have horrible religions: they have been looking at God through a dirty lens.”

We must do as it is written in James and “lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:21) As James said, we must truly be hearers and doers of the word. If not, we deceive ourselves. We look through a lens that is dirty and blurred and then we forget what kind of person we are to be. We become spiritually deaf and blind. Like spoken of by Isaiah. We keep hearing but do not understand. We keep on seeing but do not perceive. We cannot expect to truly hear and walk with Him, avoiding pitfalls, when we follow after that presented by fallen man. Take that spiritual cloth and clean the lens by how you see the Lord and His written directions and promises. Jesus said “Follow Me” over 20 times. That is the only way out of this blurred walk so many of us are in. Blessings.