There are times in our lives where we feel that God has abandoned us; we feel alone and helpless.  However, it is these times often referred to as the valleys or the desert, that God grows our faith.  There are promises that God will never leave us and that when we wait on Him we renew our faith.  

This has been one of the most challenging years for many of us around the world.  Many of us understand that covid has been used by the world governments to instill fear.  They told us what we could do, how we had to live.  Wear a mask; stand 6 feet apart; don't gather with others; don't get physically close to anyone you or they might die; don't hug anyone and stay at home for as much as you can.    

I shared what I believed about all of the above.  Lies to spread fear.  Now like many of you we are wondering, when is God going to step in and do something about this mess.  We have been waiting, seemingly for ever.

God's time is not ours and His plans are often not ours either but we can trust His promises for love and abundant lives and that He will reveal truth and justice in His time.  

We are not alone in waiting on God.  Mosses - 40 years; Abraham - 25; Jesus 30 and so many other men and women of faith.

How can we know God is faithful?   Look to the cross and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  

I got a word from the Lord that encouraged me to stay focused and not forget the ministry He has called me into.  I have allowed all of the social media and media possibilities to distract me from what God has called me to do.  I realized that the same reality is probably true for many others.  Haggai the prophet shares that we need to focus on building the "Lords House" rather than our own right now.  As we seek Him first everything else will fall into place.

Blessings.  

In the middle of a year that has created so much fear that families don't hug any more or get together for the holidays, Jesus brings us back to the reality.  Love is physical.  Love is touch.  Love is being in the room with friends and family.  Jesus came to unmask the lies of the enemy.  

Satan lies through the media about the virus.  Policy related to those lies including wearing masks are policies that come from the liar himself.  If we wear masks are we being obedient to Satan?

This last weekend in DC and across the country people repented for allowing evil to run amok in our government and culture.  If that repentance is true, we will see those results in Republican victories across the nation and abortion will be gone!  Proof is in the pudding.  Are we getting involved with supporting our republican candidates beyond simply voting?  We should be.  

There has been a national day of repentance called by several major Jesus leaders.  Johnathon Cahn and the Reverend Franklin Grahm will be in Washington DC.  Others will be in state capitals around our nation.  Team Jesus is repenting for allowing our government and our culture to fall out of God's hands.  If we don't take action and share this with everyone we can today we are not truly repenting.  Repentance involves our today activities to bring God back to our government and culture.  Social media and even voting is not even close to meeting our mandate.  We all live in Republican Districts where we can volunteer to make calls, doorbell, drive candidates and doorbellers around or get mailings out.  If we do not do these activities our repentance is empty because we are continuing to do the same behaviors that we say we are repenting for.  

Are we ready?  He tells us only the Father knows when He will return and that He will come at an unexpected time from the clouds where we will be taken up to meet Him so He can take us to our new heavenly homes.  He also says that there will be many who will not find the narrow path; that there will be church folks and christians in name only who have fallen away.  We are called to be Holy and set apart for our wedding day.  Are we ready?

In part II with Joshua we learn more about his servant heart and his plans to serve Washington State as our next Governor.  

Joshua Freed has a servant heart and a love for all people.  He shares his heart and faith in these two podcasts.  

The Lord used me and blessed me with two visions, one of forgiveness and one for the future. He also gave me an impression which I wrote as a short story related to Chinese occupation and Jesus followers persecution here in the USA.