A part of living in the endtimes is to hear and recognize the “wake-up”call. God sends out different kinds of alarms. The alarm that every human being heard in 2011 was an environmental alarm. None of us in any part of the world could have slept through the earthquake alarm that sounded as a result of the devastation in Japan. I have my iodine pills to prove it! We are all thinking, “how can I prepare myself for something like this happening in MY backyard?!”
So we bought generators, stocked upon food, purchased Iodine drops and water filters.
I believe that making preparations is good commonsense. However, if we too are struck with a huge tsunami, most stockpiles will be buried under fallen buildings or washed into the sea by tidal waves.
Then there are “the spiritual alarms” that come upon individuals. As a deliverance counselor, what I have seen God do is release demons of torment upon the deceived, in order to wake them up to the reality that something is most definitely wrong with their “religion.” This is how it works. You attend church every time the doors are opened. You are tithing your gross income, giving additional offerings and donations, and so you are expecting a financial harvest—the 100 fold return blessing that prosperity preachers have assured you that you will receive for your giving. Yet, you are in the worst financial shape that you have ever been in. The more you give, the less you have, and that’s a fact.
But you keep waiting and you keep lying to yourself and to others every time you say “I’m blessed.” Then your car breaks down, your house burns down and you have no insurance. You let your insurance laps in order to give toward the church’s building fund. Out of nowhere, you are homeless. You cry, “why Lord, why?” His response?
There are other wake up calls. In my book, “the New Idolatry,” I quote the late Watchman Nee:
bind, but God’s truth unshackles.Naturally the knowledge of truth is going to be costly, for it will shatter the vainglory one has assumed due to his past experiences. He looks upon himself as far more advanced than others, as being spiritual and infallible. How hard hit he will be if he confesses the possibility of his being invaded or if he is shown to have been so invaded!” (The Spiritual Man 1968)Therefore, if you are a child of God, and you have been ‘invaded,’ what you need to know is that the enemy could not invade you without your cooperation. And if you have unknowingly been cooperative with the enemy , then God allowed a demon to invade you “for your good.” Once you receive the message of the wake up call, you will be set free.
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