Getting Straight For 2008

For the New Year we hear so many in the prophetic now saying to start fasting and get ready for the things to come. You may think to yourself that your straight because you pray, do daily devotions, you're active in a church, involved in a Christian group or maybe you're doing signs and wonders that amaze others through the power of the Holy Spirit. If the enemy knows the word better than us than how much more does he know our faults that have been exploited openly everywhere we went. No matter how holy we try to live in a purified holy righteous lifestyle there will be some cracks in our foundation as we grow in Christ. Just as smoke cuts off the proper circulation disabling our functions from effectively working properly so does the pollution from the enemy. We sometimes allow ourselves to get polluted from things like the tv, radio, conversations that the enemy tries to get us trapped in, gossip, distractions, our mindset, religion and not spending that time with God or in his word, which binds us from the purity of his blessings. It can block us from intimate times with our Lord where he pours out the most incredible revelations and secrets of things we haven't heard nor seen yet. After all nothing is new to a creator but its' fresh for the creation as each piece starts coming together to form the image.

Our shield is the breastplate of righteousness which is to me being set apart living a holy God fearing lifestyle out of intimacy with our creator. The breastplate of righteousness shields the fiery darts of the enemy because we have prepared our hearts to be so in tune with the will of God through obedience, humility and sacrifice by professing the word that flows through our veins cutting through the forces or darkness pulling down the strongholds. God is asking to all generations "how much are you willing to give up in a process to gain it all for the kingdom of Heaven"?

I love what Michael Tate wrote in the book Jesus Freaks, DC Talk and The Voice Of The Martyrs. "I have crossed the line from innocent bystander to hardcore participant to what Jesus has called me to."

Is there oil in our lamp stands for his return? Are you ready?

Amy Boles