The Devotional - 141 - A Door Keeper

The devotional – 141 – A Door Keeper

At the Throne of God is absolute Wisdom, at the Right Hand of the Throne of God is applied Wisdom and in the courtyard of the Temple of God is Spiritual Guidance and Understanding; Psalm 84:1-12. What a serious thought in this Psalm… A door keeper!

 

Comments and Challenges

The world we live in is cruel and abusive and we do not normally experience the full extent of this evil dimension. What I am about to tell you is real, I tell you because the Peace of God which surpasses all of our understanding in these moments is there to help. Philippians 4:6-7. On one of the submarines I was on the Chief of the Boat claimed to be a Buddhist. Both he and I were Chief Petty Officers and on most ships along with the other chiefs we are a close group of middle managers who are devoted to the ship, the crew and each other.

Once in Scotland while we were boarding a jet to come home, he had set it up to have me stripped searched for drugs by the Scotland Airport Security. You see I was the ship’s protestant Lay Leader; I held Sunday Services and weekly Bible Studies while the ship was at sea. The Chief of the Boat did not like Jesus so this was his way to persecute Him and ridicule me in the public eye of the crew and the airport authority.

A strip search is just what it means; you are required to strip off all of your clothing and stand before a group of men while they inspect you. While being inspected (no detail here) another opened my duffle bag and found my Bible and some notes on the top of the clothing. The Chief of the Boat was standing only a few feet from this incident and said; “anyone with a Bible is always up to no good”.

With this thought in the inspector’s mind; he turned the duffle bag upside down and all the contents spilled out. Everyone laughed; I was there, but it was as if I were a spectator; I felt peace and I felt protected so I just stood and watched as it all played out. When it was over; I put on my clothes, repacked my duffle bag and boarded the plane for home. Before it was time (90 days) to board another plane and return to the ship for another submarine patrol; the Chief of the Boat fell ill and he was replaced. To God is the glory!

Mark 5:1-20

I can say to us this morning that I have the authority to reference events of sixty plus years ago and with that authority I can say. I have not seen in those days of sixty, fifty or even forty years ago the demonic activity that I we see occurring daily in these last thirty years. Now this thought alone can take up so much time and space than one could transcribe for another sixty years and not thoroughly cover the subject. Demonic oppression and possession are controlling the hearts and minds of many people these days and it is simply sticking one’s head in the sand to claim mental illness as the problem.

Twenty six people murdered by a wild eyed young man. Twelve killed on a heavily guarded military base by someone who legally gained access. Both of these men were classified in their recent medical evaluations as mentally disturbed. My list of this could be larger, but it sickens me to pen anymore on the subject.

I wonder! If these men and others like them had, had the chance to meet up with the LORD Jesus and that if Jesus would have had the opportunity to say to them, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” would these events have happened? Jesus is not spoken of in our Country these days and along with His absence is the absence of the knowledge of spiritual deception. Also I am not talking about exorcism, but I am talking about this nation’s backside facing the Creator. God is not blessing our BACKSIDE, but He is allowing it to be skinned alive by Satan and his demons.

Today the focus of human good is not on the prevailing spiritual evil that equips men and women to commit sins of horrific proportion, but on the tools in their hands. Which is another way of saying; “take these dangerous tools away from all of us because we are all possessed with this demonic ability”. Go ahead call it HOGWASH if you so desire, but even the two thousand hogs understood the violence of one demon in a position of control. It was not good for the hogs, nor is it good for you and I to think that mankind has the ability or power to control evil. It was not a good thing and these animals who had sense enough to know that the easiest way out was to drown in the water.

You do notice the rest of this section in Mark is dedicated to the restoration of the man in the tombs. He was restored and according to the Word of the LORD became a great evangelist, preaching the “Good News” to the ten cities around his home town of Gadara. The people of the United States of America need a Spiritual revival; until then there will continue to be maniacs for the devil, as a member of the remnant; we the people of God in this country must speak up.