Plugged Ears and Closed Eyes
I`m listening to Billy Humphrey`s message from Setpember on Overcoming Human Trafficking and it's arrested me with a new found sense of urgency in my spirit.
While I was listening to it, I had a picture/vision. I won't go into great detail but there was the shedding of innocent blood, and the perversion of this age running rampant through the streets, and those who would be considered the "Church" were walking around with their fingers in their ears, and eyes closed to everything going on.
I strongly feel that that's exactly the state in which we are in right now. If you look across the globe right now, over 27 million people are being trafficked and a large portion of that number is children related to the sex trade.
Over 40 million babies have been aborted in the US alone since 1973. That's almost 4000 lives terminated a day!
Stats have shown that approx. 93% of abortions have been performed due to "social reasons" (aka, the child is unwanted or an inconvenience). I just read an article about women aborting kids or sterilizing themselves as not to "pollute" the planet with babies.
This isn't right. We're offering up children as a sacrifice to the god of convenience or in the name of being environmentally friendly. The spirit of the age is becoming prevalent rather rapidly. (2 Timothy 3:1-7)
Now is not the time for the Church to plug their ears, close their eys, find their happy closet and just love Jesus, completely oblivious to what is happening in the world. Now is the time to partner with Christ in intercession, and establish justice in the earth. Isaiah mentioned twice that the Lord looked for someone to partner with Him, but found no one. Don't be mistaken, it's not because He couldn't do it on His own.
It states that since there was no one to partner with Him, His own right hand brought Him justice and salvation. (Isaiah 59:15-16, 63:5) .
Now is the time to awaken ourselves to reality. None of this is a game, a fairy-tale, a day-dream or even a nightmare. It is time to cry out for justice for the defenseless. It's time to be a voice for the voiceless. Let Psalm 10:15 be our prayer.
God, I ask You, that with ears and eyes open, that the church will partner with Your Son to see justice established. It is not right that there are 5 and 10 year olds having to endure days and nights of being raped sometimes up to 30 or more times, living in terrible conditions, wondering when they can die. It's not right that an entire generation is being wiped out on a daily basis and it's considered acceptable. O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth.
While I was listening to it, I had a picture/vision. I won't go into great detail but there was the shedding of innocent blood, and the perversion of this age running rampant through the streets, and those who would be considered the "Church" were walking around with their fingers in their ears, and eyes closed to everything going on.
I strongly feel that that's exactly the state in which we are in right now. If you look across the globe right now, over 27 million people are being trafficked and a large portion of that number is children related to the sex trade.
Over 40 million babies have been aborted in the US alone since 1973. That's almost 4000 lives terminated a day!
Stats have shown that approx. 93% of abortions have been performed due to "social reasons" (aka, the child is unwanted or an inconvenience). I just read an article about women aborting kids or sterilizing themselves as not to "pollute" the planet with babies.
This isn't right. We're offering up children as a sacrifice to the god of convenience or in the name of being environmentally friendly. The spirit of the age is becoming prevalent rather rapidly. (2 Timothy 3:1-7)
Now is not the time for the Church to plug their ears, close their eys, find their happy closet and just love Jesus, completely oblivious to what is happening in the world. Now is the time to partner with Christ in intercession, and establish justice in the earth. Isaiah mentioned twice that the Lord looked for someone to partner with Him, but found no one. Don't be mistaken, it's not because He couldn't do it on His own.
It states that since there was no one to partner with Him, His own right hand brought Him justice and salvation. (Isaiah 59:15-16, 63:5) .
Now is the time to awaken ourselves to reality. None of this is a game, a fairy-tale, a day-dream or even a nightmare. It is time to cry out for justice for the defenseless. It's time to be a voice for the voiceless. Let Psalm 10:15 be our prayer.
God, I ask You, that with ears and eyes open, that the church will partner with Your Son to see justice established. It is not right that there are 5 and 10 year olds having to endure days and nights of being raped sometimes up to 30 or more times, living in terrible conditions, wondering when they can die. It's not right that an entire generation is being wiped out on a daily basis and it's considered acceptable. O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth.
Amen!
Posted by
Kristi |
November 30, 2007 at 10:17 a.m.