A good friend read Jonathan Cahn’s book The Harbinger and asked: “So what do we do? If God sends warnings or wake-up calls to our nation through whatever means, what should be our response?”
Should not an individual’s response depend upon his present standing with God? The truth is: if there is no fear of the Lord, there is no wisdom. If a person is lost, he must find the Way. If a person is an unbeliever, he must come to faith. The invitation is extended; a Savior stands with arms open wide. “Everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13)
If an individual is a Christian, but his life looks no different than a non-Christian’s, he must turn away from all sin and run to his ‘first love’. Perhaps Jesus has never been ‘first love’… but this is the place He must be! God takes no pleasure in the lukewarm; He did not sacrifice his Son for us to be nominal, passionless pretenders. The only hope is to humbly come to Jesus. These are his words: “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve for your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:15-20)
If a person is walking with the Lord, depending on his grace, and enjoying his fellowship… he should keep trusting, keep listening, keep obeying, keep watching, and keep praying. We are not to worry or be afraid, “for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.” “Abide in Christ” — He is the Source of Life. “Be filled with the Spirit” — He is the promised Gift from the Father. “Love fervently” — for this is God’s will for us. He may send us to dangerous places and ask us to do hard things… but He is with us and, with God, “all things are possible!” We are his children and He has called us to be salt and light in a dark world. “Rejoice always!” “Give thanks in all circumstances!” “Be doers of the Word and not hearers only!” We have been placed on this earth for such a time as this… should we not live boldly?
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10