The worship team is here for practice for tomorrow’s service. We’re carrying on as much as possible, even though the world changed this year. I encourage you to do the same in your ministry, even if sometimes there are obstacles to overcome and sacrifices to make. And remember, that in these changes in the world’s attitudes, we are seeing yet another sign God gave us in His word that His return is closer than ever. The Bible says that the rapture will happen and the beginning of God’s judgment will overtake the lost world at a time when they’re crying out for “peace and safety.”
Most of all, try not to give in to the fear with the lost world, for whom it is understandable and for whom there truly is reason to fear. I have had several brothers and sisters lately wish me well with the words, “Stay Safe.” I’d prefer they wish me well with the admonition and encouragement, “Stay faithful.” Worry and fear I don’t need. An “abundance of caution” is a bit too much caution for almost any circumstance. It comes, too often, from a deficiency of faith. Which comes from a deficiency of encouraging one another in an assembly of believers worshiping Him and looking forward to His glorious appearing.
What we need to do in this last hour is what the word tells us to do when the signs of His coming become evident by matching every detail He gave us of what the pre-rapture moments in time would look like: We must be “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
We are in that moment, brothers and sisters. The fearful world wanting peace and security from a source other than God, cowering in fear and having an effect on the church’s faith so that we are also fearful and stop gathering. God knew it would happen, and spoke to us for this moment in Hebrews 10:25, the verse quoted above. So He specifically said, while the admonition to continue assembling and encouraging one another is for the entire church age, it is “all the more” important now.
Walk of Faith - Dave Bunnell 