"A Call to Arms" Lesson 4

     2Cor.10:3-4(Amp) says, "For though we walk (live in the flesh), we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. For the weapons of our warfare are not physical weapons of flesh and blood, but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds."

     We read in Daniel 1:7 how the entire Tribe of Judah were enslaved by the Babylonians, along with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, made a decree in Dan.3:11,29-30(Amp), saying, "Whoever does not fall down and worship [the statue made of himself], shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace."

     Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were the only ones who refused to bow to the King's idol and were thrown into the fiery furnace, which was so hot that the guards were burnt to ashes upon throwing them into the furnace.  Everyone was amazed, even the King, to then look into the furnace and see four men walking in the fire, without being burnt.  Nebuschadnezzar then said in Verses29-30, "Therefore I make a decree that any person, nation, and language that speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces and their houses be made dung hills, for there is no other God Who can deliver this way. Then the King promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon."

     One might ask, "What does this have to do with 'A Call to Arms' for America and other nations?"  The entire Tribe of Judah had been enslaved in Babylon, but only three men dared to take a stand, which resulted in the deliverance of them all.  Many have surrendered to the godless rules of today, like those did then.  God's Church hasn't been called to surrender in the face of opposition, but we're called to stand and occupy, until He comes.  I don't know how many believers have accepted defeat to the ungodly regime, which is trying to take over our Nation, but I for one, will not bow nor burn.  I will chance the fiery furnace, rather than accept some other god.

     This is a Call to Prayer against a demonic spirit, which God's Church has power and authority over using the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ and His Blood.  This demonic spirit will overthrow this nation, without the King of the Tribe of Judah, Who is Christ Jesus our Lord.  We need to pick up the weapons of our warfare, which are "Mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds."  

     Will you stand with me in prayer and intercession for this nation and see God work in a Mighty way?  There are too many fronts for us to pray against and be ineffective against, so we must pray in the Spirit.  Rom.8:26-28(Amp) says, "So too the Holy Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the Holy Spirit (what His intent is), because the Spirit intercedes and pleads before God in the behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God's Own will. Listen carefully to this scripture and keep it correctly in your heart. Vs.28, "We are assured and know that God, being a partner in their labor, all things work together and are fitting into a Plan for good to and for those who love God and are called according to His Design and Purpose."

     The above scripture doesn't say, "All things, good, bad and horrible, are working together for our good."  Religion said this, not scripture.  It doesn't make sense to go to war against the spiritual forces in our nation, while believing God is going to overthrow America and give Her over to the enemy, for Her good.  We must pray in the Holy Spirit, when praying and interceding in our war rooms.  This kind of prayer is always in faith and without doubt or unbelief.  We pray the Mysteries of God, on behalf of America and the world, when we enter into prayer through the Holy Spirit.

    I don't believe God is done with America or His Church.  This is the time for believers to mature and "go onto the meat," not just the milk, like Paul said in Heb.5:13-14.  Some will quit and fall under the pressure, but many more will stand firm in prayer, refusing to quit.  Let's be one of those who refuse to quit.