Our time is one of
great interest in supernatural activity and powers. And yet we explore it not as Columbus or
Magellan did looking for something actual and determinable but as creators who
let our imaginings do all the work of it.
We are entertained by thoughts of the supernatural but we don't take it
seriously. Jesus on the other hand
lived within the reality of unseen forces and personalities and He both
attacked and allied Himself with them.
Demons He cast out of people and angels He let serve and nourish
Him. At one time we treated the atom as
a straight forward and quite logical entity until we discovered the wild
unpredictability of electrons and subatomic particles. When will we face facts? Our personalities are far more complex and
unreliable than the field of psychology can reckon because there are unseen
forces and beings that wreak havoc upon us and interject themselves in every
nook and cranny of our lives. Paul spoke
of doing things without predictability or self-control and we should give this
credence too, not because the seen world is so at variance with logical
outcomes but because the unseen world is far more vast and influential than we
grasp. How often has our Lord told us to
pray? Do we take at all seriously this
grave command? Do we realize how
critical prayer is to us and to all those who surround us? Jesus did not quiver over the unseen world
but He didn't calculate without taking it into account either. He showed us how to respond to supernatural
surroundings and it was the simplest of all strategies. Pray.
Pray for direction. Pray for
help. Pray for protection. Pray for eyes to see what is beyond the
senses. Pray for reactions that can
handle the split second changes in direction caused by supernatural forces,
both demonic and angelic, that impose their wills upon our circumstances. If it is not warfare at the highest levels,
do you think Jesus would have agonized as He did in the Garden of Gethsemane?
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark
world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6: 12 NIV
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