Anyone old enough to remember the television series "MacGuyver", can recall the ingenuity of the main character (well okay... the technical writing staff). In one episode, MacGuyver fixed a leaky radiator (to make a fast get away) with a raw egg. I wanted for so long to try that myself but anytime I had a leaky radiator, fresh eggs just seemed to be oddly out of reach. Why am I mentioning this fun but forgettable show? Because I believe soon that the brand of ingenuity that made the show famous will need to become a part of believer's lives in the near future. I'm not necessarily saying you need to keep a carton of eggs in your car in case you are on the run or know how to build a sun-powered laser from a salad bowl, but I am saying that in the days to come, we may all need to get through each day by using what is available to us, to do what we had never thought possible. This applies to both our physical existence and the spiritual. Seeing what is coming ahead has caused in me a bit of an attitude shift when I look at various people groups. Where I used to have sympathy for the ultra poor and envy for the ultra-rich, I have almost flipped. Don't write me about the evils of envy... I'm exaggerating. There are people all around us who have had to make a life by scrounging, improvising and walking in a sort of forced humility. When things get very tough, they will be able to acclimate better than all others, particularly those who have become used to rinsing their toothbrush in Perrier and sending their personal assistant to shop for a new diamond-studded outfit for "poochie". The Western world is about to face a serious downgrade and we need to shift our focus away from putting on our Sunday suit and going to the church potluck, towards having a good sweatshirt and pair of hiking boots and be prepared to speak the Word of God at every opportunity, knowing that it will most often be opposed, even violently... in which case you might also want your MacGyver bandaids (crazy glue) and your lawyer on speed dial.
Of course, if you believe that the body of Christ is going to get whisked away in the rapture before any unpleasantness starts, then maybe just skip to the end of this blog. I however, grow more and more convinced that we are going to see at least some of the judgements of revelation. Depending on your view of scripture, it could be said that we have already experienced the first five seal judgements. The next is a major (probably global) earthquake and some serious "reorganization" of the heavenlies. If the world economy has not already collapsed and the one-world government has not already begun to crack down on all people, then this event will be the game changer.
I'm not suggesting a specific course of action to anyone. Before you paint me as a camouflage-wearing, automatic-rifle-toting, bunker-building believer, I'm not. I do recommend having a good supply of the basic life necessities on hand though. Even if the worst that you will have to endure is one of those extremely heavy snowfalls that seem to be commonplace now, you should have several days of food, water, and perhaps a roll of duct tape and a Swiss Army knife like our friend MacGyver. I am more so suggesting that you prepare your mind and spirit for a whole paradigm shift and that you seek wisdom from Yahweh to know how to position yourself for your unique role in the end times. You were knit together in your mother's womb at this time in history and it is not by mistake. Get ready to be more useful for the King and more blessed than you have ever been. Get ready to be what you have never been, do what you have never done and experience what you have never experienced.
Blessings.
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