Museums and Reenactors

Whatever happened to the New Testament Church? When we read the Book of Acts, we see an emerging organism alive and powerful, called the Church. The mighty things done at the hands of the Apostles and the Church were amazing and mind boggling.

Peter's shadow would heal the sick and deliver people from demonic oppression. Souls saved by the thousands, miracles abounded. What happened? Is Yahweh the same? I believe He is the same and still desires to show His power and Glory again.

I think we have gotten too busy, too prideful, too educated and too self-reliant. I think we have traded in the old tools that He has given us for more modern, more desirable and more shiney tools.

We have become a Museum of days gone by and have become reenactors of what Yahweh used to do. Every week we reenact what our fore-fathers used to live. We go through the same motions, wear the same clothes and try to appear the same but something is missing. HEART! HOLINESS! CONVICTION!

2Ki 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

Ahaziah had been the king of Judah. Ahaziah had a son who was just a baby. His name was Joash. Ahaziah died. His mother, Athaliah, decided she was going to destroy all the potential heirs of the throne, and she became the queen of Judah. But, they hid one of Ahaziah's boys, little Joash, in the temple for almost seven years.

During these seven years, the mother of the deceased king assumed the throne and became the queen of Judah. Bear in mind her grandson, Joash, is hidden in the temple, awaiting the ripening of his years so that he can become the king.

The day came when they felt that they should kill Athaliah, the wicked grandmother of the little boy, and the mother of the deceased king. The time is come to take the throne from her and give it to the right heir, Joash, who now is a young boy - no longer an infant.

They take the bodyguards and put them around the boy, and they say, "Watch hill when he goes out. Watch him when he comes in. Protect the boy." However, they have no weapons. How can they defeat the wicked queen, and bow can they destroy the wicked grandmother, without weapons?

Then somebody remembers a beautiful truth: King David had put his weapons in the temple. David would take the weapons of war that he had used to fight the battles against evil and for God, and would deposit those in the temple.

For these many years, these weapons of King David had been in the temple. Suddenly, somebody gets the idea, "Why don't we get those weapons and use them? We are about to have a revolution. We are about to have an insurrection."

The queen came in, and the people had the weapons of David, the old warrior, the great king, the greatest king that ever sat on Israel's throne.

King David's weapons were on the walls, so somebody grabbed the weapons. The queen came in. She saw the weapons. She saw the bodyguards. To her surprise, she saw the young boy Joash. She cries, "Treason! Treason! Treason!" It is to no avail, for they took her, and the wicked queen was killed. Joash assumed the throne that was rightly his.

We must take down the weapons that are hanging on the walls and use them once again. Forget about the new fandangled way these new age preachers are pushing. Let's get back to prayer, fasting and spiritual warfare.

It's the only thing that will work. Let's not be a Museum any longer. Let's quit talking about how Yahweh used to move. Let's stop reliving the good ole days and let's begin living the good - now days.