February 17 #2

Exodus 1:10-11 (NIV)
10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.” 11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

I purposely waited hours before posting this word. I didn’t want to take away from the above word with a difficult and controversial word.

There is one more serious thing I would like to mention – that I must mention. Followers of Christ should be having more children. Not everyone needs to have eight, but one or two isn’t multiplying! We jest about this, but the reasons why we don’t have more children usually have nothing whatsoever to do with GOD’s will or God’s decision. We have decided that is enough. No condemnation here towards anyone, there is no point in that, but I do challenge the attitude of American Christians to only replace themselves with two children. That isn’t multiplying. Some are now too old to have more children and you should not feel guilty because guilt doesn’t belong in your soul if you are Christ’s. However, it is not too late for you to think about this and teach your children otherwise.

One of the problems with the American society is that we wait too long to get married and then wait too long to have children. Why? Because we want to live our lives FIRST! That is a generalization, but it is generally true. Please believe that the enemy of God is having babies at an alarming rate! Some religions, like Islam are very purposeful about this strategy. “We must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous”. The plan of the enemy is to wipe us out and not to multiply. Think about this and pray.