Some of the headlines these days can be quite discouraging. The media continues its fake news onslaught toward the White House; there is a fear that robots will take over and make slaves of us all; the Clinton crime ring is further exposed, but no justice as yet; and in case you haven’t heard, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that bans child sex dolls and robots. Who would have ever thought this would be necessary?  You can see this is no time for the weak-hearted.

It is no time for followers of Christ to disengage. It seems we have been doing that since the 1960s, and it hasn’t worked. Christ is the answer to this dark and dying world, and you are his vessel. Think about that.

You have a calling. And much bad doctrine has been taught about this. The Holy Scriptures say in Romans 8:28 that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

It’s not your purpose, but “HIS” purpose. Romans 11:29 says that “the gifts and calling of God are unchangeable.”

So when people are saying that you have to find your calling, it is really understanding that you are called “not according to our works, but according to his own purpose (2 Timothy 1:9).”

Christ is our example. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He showed us how to engage according to his purpose. It takes courage to conduct Christ’s purpose in this world, in this country today.

Psalm 31:24 says, “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.”

As Christians, our hope is in the Lord. We are to be ever watching for his return.

As Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

And Jesus promises in Matthew 10:22, “And you shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.”

We, as Christians, are not to stand by and allow evil to advance just because we have read the end of the book and we win. We are to not be overcome with evil, but to overcome evil with good. The Lord says to be of good courage and that his gifts will never change—you are equipped.

2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

We are reminded that it isn’t easy in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9: “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.”

Verse 6 tells us, “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

We should not fear man. Man cannot take our soul. So we need to take heart during these times. Have courage. Put on the full armor of God and speak boldly as we ought to speak. And having done all, stand.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson

NOTE: When writing about God and Jesus, The Daily Jot means YHVH as God and Yeshua Ha Mashiach as Jesus—the actual original names and the true nature and character of them.

Missiles flew in the air across the Gaza border toward an Israeli kindergarten, and rioters are trying to violate Israel’s border ostensibly in response to the US recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In reality, US News and World Report reported the attacks had been planned since March; the Jerusalem recognition only inflamed them.

In July 2014, some 300-plus missiles were raining down on Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the time to “intensify even further our attacks on Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza.” Today, Netanyahu is faced with the largest barrage of attacks since then, and it’s coming from the same people—Hamas and Iranian-sponsored terrorists.

In 2005, Netanyahu pleaded with Israeli leadership to end the disengagement plan of evicting Jews from Gaza. Netanyahu believed giving up land without concessions is a demonstration that terrorism pays and that Israel’s national security will be forever threatened. He warned that Gaza would become a terrorist base of operations and that Israel’s defense and security may be undermined by disengagement.

He said, “I am calling on all those who grasp the danger: Gather strength and do the right thing. I don’t know if the entire move can be stopped, but it still might be stopped in its initial stages.” And he warned, “The government is advancing in total blindness. They have eyes but don’t see. They have ears but don’t hear.”

If ever the so-called “Palestinian People” had an opportunity to demonstrate to the world that it could have a nation living side by side in peace with Israel, it was in Gaza. Instead, they embraced their roots of terrorism, elected the terrorist Hamas to govern, and have been agents of violence ever since.

Netanyahu’s Biblical reference applied not only to Israel, but also the United States, which pressured Israel to give up Gaza for “peace.”

In Ezekiel 12:2, the Lord says, “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.”

Those of that rebellious house are the reason there is a terrorist state living next to Israel.

The US now is trying to reverse the foreign policy of past presidents toward Israel. Instead of being told to stand down, as the past two presidents demanded of Israel when terrorists threatened its borders, the current US Administration is restating that Israel has the right to protect its borders.

The Jerusalem Post quoted an unnamed US National Security Council official saying, “We call on those launching the attacks to cease this destructive violence…we fully support Israel’s right to self-defense.”

Netanyahu is experiencing the consequences of those who refuse to recognize that terrorists don’t want peace; they want total annihilation of the Jews. After more than 20 years, American leadership also is “seeing” that a terrorist by any other name is still a terrorist.

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