Monday, October 6, 2008

A couple of months ago, a brother shared a dream he had about a coworker being deceived by the devil that tremendously burdened him for his coworker. In it he saw his coworker excitedly giving in to the deception. The dream all took place in a room at their workplace.

Today, this brother called several of us in to pray with him for this coworker. The coworker had come to him at work all excited about books that he was reading denying the truth of the Bible and the person of Jesus. As our brother listened to him with a remembrance of his previous dream, he suddenly realized that they were standing in the very room that his dream had taken place in.

Overwhelmed, he shared his dream with his coworker and pleaded with him regarding the deception he was giving in to. His coworker, sobered by the sharing of the dream, agreed to consider a response to what he was reading.

This coworker struggles with anger towards religion and God and seems bent on proving His nonexistence and irrelevance. What an amazing way for God to reach out to him supernaturally and personally expressing His concern for him.

Our struggle isn't just over facts and arguments and information to be believed or rejected. The Bible makes it clear that our real struggle is spiritual. The Bible calls them "principalities, powers, spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies".

Unless we realize the real scope of what we are up against we will constantly face a losing struggle in our pursuit of life and happiness.

Are we living "in the heavenlies"? It is reality. Are we living in reality?

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