Month: February 2023

Theology has the ability to dictate how we think and how we think dictates what we do. If our theology is one of escapism, we will not see any value in remaining here on earth and casting out the darkness. This theology was prevalent during the church age in America, who then distributed this theology to the nations through missionaries. But what if this is a doctrine of demons, not the word of God. What is escapism is not God’s plan, but rather overcoming is what He had in mind for us?

Genesis 1 says, God created them male and female in His image and in His likeness and then commanded them to subdue the earth, rule over it and be fruitful upon it. Doesn’t sound like God put Adam and the woman here to escape, but to cultivate. Joshua was told to lead the people of God into Canaan and remove the giants in the land, so they could settle down in what God called the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Again it sounds like cultivate not escape. Jeremiah prophesies to Israel they are going to be taken from the land into Babylonian captivity for 70 years, but then says, “Thus says the Lord, For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, to give you a future and a hope.” I am seeing a pattern in scripture of cultivate not escape. David defeated enemies to the point where Israel had rest on every side, then Solomon penned in Proverbs 2:21-22 says, “For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.” Sounds like more of the same messaging to me.

Now the New Testament is the better covenant, so I am looking not to escape from the earth but to cultivate the land, so how to do we read Matthew 24? Take off your escape theology for a minute and let the word of God speak for itself. “For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Who got taken away by the flood? Who is the them? Is it Noah and those in the ark or the wicked in the land? Genesis 8 says, “Then God spoke to Noah, saying, “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.” Noah was put back in the land to cultivate it and received the same command as Adam and the woman in Genesis 1. Cultivate not escape.

Theology matters. If you have an escapism theology you will completely miss the move of God happening right now. The move of God building as we speak is not one of escape it is one of cultivate, overcome, stand, build, plant, prosper. Light is shining in the darkness and darkness cannot comprehend it. The dark has no idea what the Light is doing. We are people of the light, the city set on a hill. My friends, we are about to receive a massive theology overhaul of the likes we have not seen since Luther’s reformation. It’s time to cultivate not escape.

Anyone that knows me or follows me here on Facebook knows I am a football fan. I love watching sports in general, but I really enjoy playing and watching football. It is also no secret that I am a Kansas City Chiefs fans as I spent 21 years in that city, before moving to Nashville. Now with that said, I want you to know I do not just watch football for the game alone when it is a big game like a Championship game or the Super Bowl, I am also listening for what the Lord is saying. In 2020 when the Chiefs went to the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers, the Lord spoke to me and said, ”National Jubilee”, it was Super Bowl 54 and the three colors between the two teams were red, white, and gold/yellow. I wrote a whole blog on this.

Now during this AFC Championship game between the Chiefs and the Bengals last Sunday, the first thing that stuck out to me was the final score, 20-23, we are in the year 2023, so there is something about this year that is significant, I believe this will be a year we will not forget for many reasons. But since sitting on this game for the past 3 days, I have sensed the Lord highlighting the play the Bengals are furious about. It has been called “The Do Over!” Meme’s have given the referees the MVP of the game, the city of Cincinnati is furious, the coach and players were very upset, and rightfully so. But what happened was the “TIME” was wrong, so the referee on the sideline came running out, blowing his whistle, but no one heard him because of the “CROWD NOISE”. The result was the Chiefs got a “REDO” on a third down play of which there was an incomplete pass.

Here is what I am hearing the Lord say about this, “I am resetting the timing, for people have been out of sync in their timing.” When the referee reset the clock to the right time, the Chiefs ran another play and got the first down, which was the first thing that led them to winning the game (it wasn’t the only thing). The Lord is putting us back in right timing and He is giving us a do over, now that the time is right. The enemy always wants to get us out of God’s timing, Daniel 2:21 says, “It is He (the Lord) who changes the times and the epochs…” The Lord is the judge of all, or in our parable the referee of the game. But there is one more thing with this time issue God is highlighting.

1 Chronicles 12:32 says, “Of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;” I don’t know if you will think I have lost it, am stretching it or what, but the Lord has been telling me ”I have put My people in the right timing, so now everything is going to move rapidly”. I read this verse in 1 Chronicles and it is the Super Bowl teams and timing. “Their Chiefs (Kansas City) were 200; and all their Brethren (Philadelphia- city of brotherly love – Eagles) were at their command.” God loves to speak to us, and confirm to us what He is doing and my friends this is such good news, we have been put in correct timing! Everything is about to work now for we are in God’s timing, not the enemies, ours or anyone else’s. He has given us a redo and we are about to win, celebrate and win some more.