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Wake Up Church!
Victoria Boyson
www.boyson.org
My daughter, Cassandra, had a dream; in the dream she was at a Christian campground. It was night time and everyone was asleep, except her. She was awake because she
felt something was wrong. As she lay awake on her bed she saw out her window a raging fire and it was headed straight toward the campgrounds.
She ran to the camp official and frantically told him that he needed to get
all the kids out of the camp because of the fire that was headed their way. But he did not believe her and told her she was crazy. She ran to a window and opened it, she screamed at him, wanting desperately to convince him,
"Look, there is a fire out there!" But he just rolled his eyes at her and told her to go back to bed.
In the dream Cassandra's friend heard her screaming and ran to see what was wrong. She showed her friend
the fire; she believed her and they ran to safety. The two girls were the only two who made it out of the camp alive, the rest of the people were burned while they slept in the beds.
Put on Your Armor of Light
When she shared this dream with me, I thought of how it reminded me of the church at this time. How passively we endure the onslaught of our enemy, without really realizing we are at war with him. The enemy has sent a consuming
fire to destroy us and we remain asleep while the he advances.
In Ro. 13:11-12 it says, "it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is
almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT." (emphasis mine)
The day the world has been in need of is upon us. The night is almost over, the day
is almost here when the church will arise in power and devour her enemies. But we must wake up from our slumber and realize that we are at war and put on the armor of light.
The Lord is calling us from our slumber to
battle in the heavenlies for the souls of men. He has declared war on principalities and powers that have held them in darkness. We must dust off the cobwebs of apathy and passivity and fight for His sake . We must take authority over the realms of darkness for His sake.
Plunder the Darkness
Everything God has fought for was for us. He has given us the keys to the kingdom of darkness and commanded us to "plunder it." Our faith without deeds is like having a gun, but
not using it. It cannot be life as usual anymore; no, we must realize that we are at war and fight!
The day of our salvation is at hand, but it will not be acquired passively. We must fight and "through God we shall
do valiantly and it is He who will tread down our adversaries" (Ps. 60:12). God will give us the victory, but we must fight. We must throw off passivity and advance against our enemies in the name of the Lord.
We Have Authority
We have allowed Satan to deceive us; he has infiltrated our minds and conned us into thinking that we are at peace, that all is well. And we have slept while the enemy has tried to destroy us. We have
slept while our churches have been pillaged. We questioned our authority in Christ while our children's hearts have been stolen away by the enemy.
Church, we have authority! God has given us authority over all demonic
activity (Lk. 9:1; Mt. 28:18-19), we must use it. Jesus said, "The work of God is this: to believe on the One He has sent" (Jn. 6:29). Our job is to have faith; to pray and believe.
"I say to you, if you
have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Mt. 17:20). You have mountain moving faith inside of you! You must use it to bind satan and take authority over him. Because God has given you authority over all things everywhere. We rule and reign with Christ! (2 Tim. 2:12; Ps. 103:19)
It is a new day church! It is time to wake up from our slumber and rise up in battle and plunder our enemy's lair. This is the day of our salvation as a church and for the millions who will be set free through this war.
So, put on your armor of Light church, put it on!
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