I do not wish to comment on issues for which I have very little knowledge, understanding or wisdom.  However, the entire thing surrounding the enemy’s uprising confounds and confuses me for one simple reason, I do not wish to be God and I find it hard to imagine that anyone else would really want the job.  Having to constantly maintain gravity and the glue that binds all matter in systems, continually rectifying the mistakes, attitudes and calamities brought about by the created, without inevitably tiring of the entire thing and starting over, listening to every moan, whine, wish, shout or scream for help.  I just cannot imagine possessing the necessary ambition, ego or quest for authority to the point where it would be logical to challenge God.   Perhaps, the powers and principalities do not want God’s job at all, but would rather control everything that God has already created, without the burden and talent necessary for creation.  That presents another deception, for it is not that the enemy wishes to be God, but rather wishes to transmogrify everything into a lesser image.  Would they then in fact be like God if they never did the necessary, loving things intrinsic to the nature of a Creator.

The entire thing seems quite the waste of time to me, for, I would rather work with Him than against Him.  Where would the world be, I ask, if everyone were aligned with God, pulling in tandem to assist in realization of His glory in our lives?  Ah, I guess this is where many would call me foolish.  I do not wish to question the way of things, perhaps someone challenging the Lord has always been a sham, a non-starter, played out for humanities benefit so that we will forever be convinced of the ridiculousness of the idea.

It is written that all things serve the Lord our God.  Have we taken that as fact, even to point of disputing any enemy statement, declaration or argument that anyone other than God Himself, in fact, possesses any authority with regard to believers.  It is not that I must fear anyone else, rather it is that no one else has any authority to do anything against me but God, for not only did He create me but He also purchased my life with a price.  If in fact I do suffer any challenge, breakdown, loss, illness or damage, it is by His command or permission.  Therefore, I should fear only God and no other, though they be messengers of His judgment or will, they are only passing on His decision.  Is the hammer in fact responsible for my throbbing thumb.  Greed, avarice, hate, anger, lust and slander may not be used against a believer without the approval or allowance of God.  He has promised to never leave me or forsake me and though He may use things in this world to chasten, challenge, instruct and change me, it is all done because He knows better than me.  Thank God that He alone is God.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name I pray for peace in Jerusalem for all time.