“When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭92:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Almost midnight, I’m sitting on my couch binge watching “Billions” when a request for prayer from my cousins’ group chat pulled my attention. When I asked what’s happening, I was sent a video from Haiti where 4 people including a pastor were kidnapped at gun point during praise and worship. Oh and yes, they were on livestream…… the audacity of men and evil!

3 things immediately came to mind

1- Psalms 92:7

2- Haiti being incinerated by fire

3- The comfort and ease of the young man holding his gun getting on the freaking altar to kidnap the pastor and the worship leaders.

I felt the push to pray, but for a quick minute I was desensitized because I went from being disgusted to aaawing and hearting pictures of an old classmate who posted her engagement moments. But when I shut the screen and the TV to go to sleep it hits me again SATAN MUST REALLY BE LOSING THE BATTLE TO HAVE BECOME SO FEROCIOUS WITH GETTING OUR ATTENTION!

This is not an isolated event because just last month we had several mass shooting in the US and men have been walking into church with guns and shooting people for a while now. I remember when this first started happening, one day I was at a service with a guest, then a white man walked to the service. Right then a whole row of people got up and went outside. I did too after my guest wouldn’t stop saying how strange it feels for a white man looking unkempt to come to a black church. Tonight again, I was brought face to face with my vulnerability as a sinner and I asked myself the question:

If I come face to face with the wicked while on full worshipping mode to the God almighty, would I still feel the spirit or would I be overcome with fear?

I was afraid to answer the question because I know how rational and defensive I get when I’m sometimes confronted or even confused. So as I walked around my living singing and praying over every single being in my home I heard the whisper on repeat in my mind

“Have you lost the taste for eternity? Have we lost the taste for eternity? The world has lost its taste for eternity!”

Lord have mercy!

Because if I look forward to eternity then I’m not afraid to face adversity or death. This is so deep ! Then my next prayer became God please give me that taste so that I can acquire the fearlessness that comes with it to fight the evil of this world!

I also realized that the devil is underhandedly erasing that taste by making cruelty so blatant that we can’t help but fearing for our lives in advance. So I read psalms 93 in different version and I prayed in my heart because I feel with that whisper in my head about eternity comes a judgment that I’m passing on to the victims and myself. Am I ready for eternity?

Are you ready for eternity?

Men have no limits, no moral, no sense of integrity, no loyalty, no compassion and our humanity is fading. Those of of us not running around committing odious crimes are still being traumatized by them over and over. Nobody is safe.

But here is the devil’s miscalculation, in making this world so unsafe, he puts more pressure on people to inadvertently finds the one place where they cannot die. He is forcing us to accept the suffering we normally avoid and moving deeper into the desert with God. As painful as it is to say, I am grateful that I am constantly reminded that I have chosen the best team.

let’s keep praying for these 4 children of God and also for our family as well as our soul. The worst thing that could come from being exposed to so many crimes and suffering is that we lose our mind and join the lukewarm team.

The wicked may flourish but God lives forever and if God lives forever that must mean I too am immortal. As long as I’m in team Jesus I’ll keep living transitioning from one life to the next. Either way, at the end I win and the wicked lose for being shortsighted.

If you’ve been living in lalalaland, well best wake up because you live in a real jungle. Better suit up so you don’t get eaten. God wins every time regardless of what the optics currently show. Pick up your sword soldier, it’s a real war out there!