"LIVING IN A "REAL" WORLD!"

1 John 5:19-21   (NASB)

"We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. "We know that we are of GOD, and that THE WHOLE WORLD lies in the power of the evil one." And we know that the Son of GOD has come, and has GIVEN us UNDERSTANDING so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."

Our bodies are "real".  We can touch, taste, feel, see, hear with and through them.  But, don't get so caught up in the here and now.   We look right past what we SAY we believe, and live as though the "here and now" is "reality"!  THE "SPIRIT" WORLD IS  THE "REAL" WORLD!   The enemy would like to continue to have our focus remain on the "here and now", rather than on "what's to come"!  

Ephesians 6:12 says "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."  When I start to try and figure things out "on my own", I generally get into trouble.  In the book of John 18:36 JESUS says "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of THIS WORLD: if my kingdom were of THIS WORLD, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."  When I think of all of the supposed wisdom in today's culture, I am reminded that GOD is far above what society deems as wise.  Matthew 11:25 reveals "At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the WISE and PRUDENT, and hast revealed them unto babes."

Perhaps, we should be looking for someone who is "IN TUNE" with GOD, rather than someone with numerous college degrees to lead us?   

Then in 1 Corinthians 1:20 it is written "Where is the WISE? where is the SCRIBE? where is the disputer of this world? hath not GOD made foolish the wisdom of this world?"  

Ephesians 1:21 says "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which IS TO COME".

The Bible has PLENTY of warnings and "stop lights"!  The "REAL" world is coming!  Yet, we live our lives in such a fast pace that few have time for GOD and HIS WORD! We are more contempt wondering in the wilderness than we are entering The PROMISED LAND!   I pray that "ears to hear" and "eyes to see" will be opened while there is still time.