Things Are Rarely What They Seem To Be

We were at prayer meeting last night, & I noticed a real heaviness on some of our folks... A real weight of discouragement weighing them down.

In fact, I've seen a lot of that lately... Seems like people--especially God's people--are just numb. They seem to be so inundated with bad news that they're just emotionally exhausted.

It's not that people don't care... I really believe it's just the opposite.

I don't think it's apathy... I think it's appearances!

I don't think it's laziness... I think it's illusion!!

Remember what Jesus told the disciples of John when they came asking Him if He was the Messiah or not? He said, "Go & tell John what you have"--watch this--"seen & heard."

The Kingdom of God is meant to be seen & heard!

Now think about this: the devil can't create anything... He can only pervert what God has created. In other words, he's a pretender. A fake! A phony! A fraud!

So, if the Kingdom of God is supposed to be seen & heard, then the kingdom of darkness is going to mimic that with things that are seen & heard!

We don't seem to have any trouble recognizing the devil as a liar, but I'm afraid it's escaped our attention that he's an illusionist, too... he creates visual lies!

Remember 2 Corinthians 10:5? "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."

Let me put it this way: Things are NOT what they seem to me!

So, PULL DOWN THE ILLUSION & SEE THE GLORY OF JESUS!!