So many of our leaders these days are weak men, also weak women. I’m not talking about whether they are famous or popular, but that they are spiritually weak. They are contributing much to the darkness of our days. These conditions are just what the prophetic Scriptures show us.

This is why we Christians who believe our Bibles are called to be strong in spirit, by being “strong in the Lord and the power of His might.” (Read Ephesians 6:10-18) This troubled world needs to see and know genuine believers who are strong in the Spirit of Jesus Christ: His power, His victory, His Forgiveness, His FAITHFULNESS!

Does this mean that we will always FEEL strong? No! It means that know our Savior. We know what He promised. We Remember He is the One Who conquered sin on the cross and arose literally from the dead. He also promised that He is coming back for you and me at the Rapture! (John 14:1-6)

Jesus said that He will never leave you or me, and that He would enable us to do all the things He desires us to do for our good and the good of others; our friends, family, even our enemies.

Oswald Chambers asked in his devotion for today: “Does He know me?” He asked several questions we should ask ourselves in these dark and troubling days of much unbelief and moral and doctrinal compromise:

“Does He know me:”

1. When have I sadly misunderstood Him? (John 20:17)
2. When have I stubbornly doubted Him? (John 20:27)
3. When have I selfishly denied Him? (John 21:15-17) (My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers, Barbour ed.)

We need to seek the Lord each of these questions as we trust Him for our daily spiritual strength. I close today’s brief blog with these two verses from 1 Peter 4:12-13. These important and prophetic verses speak to us in these latter days when the challenges to biblical faith are getting more intense:

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”