Where’s Your Head At?

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Up front, I have been in a significant battle with discouragement for some time now. Though it’s not generally my modus operandi to get personal, I feel it pertinent to share this and explain why I have been so discouraged for so long now.

For starters, the political landscape of my nation currently resembles a trash-heap. An unelected usurper, seemingly hell-bent on the desolation of this land, has now headed the nation for two years. This is not something I saw coming and, honestly, the fact that after all this time, nothing tangible has happened to quell the real insurrection has been made manifest.

Given that I was very outspoken preceding that election, I am more than a bit aghast at how things have transpired. I said then, and stand by the fact that God Almighty, YHVH did NOT proclaim Joseph Biden to Preside over the United States of America. I have never been released from this conviction by the Lord, nor corrected and therefore, cannot recant on my position. I’m sure you can understand therefore, why the current political landscape is enough to cause me more than a little dismay.

I began this site under the unction of the Spirit and the release of a prophetic word. It is an undertaking I have tried to remain true to week after week for three years now. Recently, I have had cause to doubt the amount of traffic reported here at the site. Who’s reading this? Is anyone? And if they do, is there value in what they read here? Is there some take-away that bolsters there faith or strengthens their resolve to keep fighting the good fight?

I write and produce music meant to praise the King and foster thought and reflection… but does anyone listen? If they do, do they understand it? Is there meaning to this undertaking or is it a peculiar form of mental masturbation fit only to quench my own desire to write and produce? I’d like to say no to that – as a number of the songs I have and am working on weren’t really written… they just happened. Sure feels like a divine download to me, but then what do I know?

Even within my own circle as it were, I find myself to be a proverbial black sheep – often just different enough to not really fit in anywhere. If I speak the wisdom afforded me by the Lord, I am often met with varying degrees of resistance or dismissal. This applies even when I can demonstrate iron-clad support for my position.

Does that sound whiny? Sure it does… because it is. I am complaining here, but I am doing so not share my woes or try to sway anyone to feel sorry for me; I’m actually doing so to uplift us both!

Let me explain ~ while I have been battling with discouragement, at no point have I looked for or considered a “plan B”. Fact is, despite “worldly wisdom” (as if), as believers we have indeed put all our proverbial eggs in one basket – God’s basket. We are not the first to do so and probably far from the last – what’s more is that we do so with the assurance that the dividends this will pay are not borne of this world – which will perish – but of the eternal Kingdom.

This week, I had a bit of a divine interruption, wherein I happened to tune into a radio broadcast of a Michael Youssef sermon. In this sermon, he proceeded to address the issue of discouragement.

You know how I feel about “coincidence” right?

Let me encapsulate for you, the crux of his message:

Moses had every reason to be discouraged; from the palace to a pauper, and exile from the land he’d know and his own people, yet God went on to perform mighty deeds through him.

David had every reason to be discouraged; the king he loved and served – his own father-in-law wanted him dead, yet God went on to make him king over Israel.

Elijah, in all his humanity, even after putting 450 prophets of Baal to the sword, was greatly discouraged when the words of Jezebel were delivered to him. He fled in fear for his own life, yet God saw to his needs and came to him… not in a fire, nor an earthquake, nor in a whirlwind… but in a soft whisper.

So too, do I find now that the Spirit of the Living God is speaking to us. He’s telling us to hold fast. He WILL do all that He has purposed to… as a dear friend taught me; the promise is yours, but the timing is the Lord’s.

I don’t know about you, but this lifted me in a moment when I most needed it. To know that it’s not all for naught and that the King is working even now. To be reminded that I am the son of a King, and a co-heir with and through the Messiah to the Eternal Kingdom. Why then, should I be downcast? Why then should you – oh fortunate favored of the King!

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Until next time,

שלום עליכם – Shalom Aleichem – Peace Be Upon You