Not of This World
By
Camilla Smith
Thanks Sandy
Howard for your
fascinating
article about
your experience
with the “dark
side.” I think
we as Christians
in these days
are feeling that
oppression all
around us, but
your experience
was a close
encounter that
I’m sure most of
us hope to
avoid. It is
inexplicable,
the supernatural
world. The
things that God
is revealing to
us as we near
the end of the
Church Age would
have been too
much for us to
handle, even
just a few years
ago.
But things have
changed so
rapidly in the
past couple of
years, and evil
is upon us.
I am convinced
that there is
even a cable TV
channel that is
set-up for the
sole purpose of
revealing many
of these
mysteries,
although I
cannot say they
have gotten it
quite right.
These misguided
“scientists” or
as the TV shows
call them,
“Ancient
Astronaut
Theorists,” are
describing
extraterrestrials
as beings that
have genetically
altered our DNA
and possibly had
a hand in our
creation.
NOT MY creation,
they didn’t!
But we know as
believers in THE
Creator, God
Himself that any
ET out there
would be
demonic, and
therefore
possibly had a
hand in the
bloodline of
evil that is
consuming the
world today─just
my theory. But
that is a whole
new can of
worms, or should
I say serpents?
We, as
Christians, are
fortunate enough
to have the
almighty power
of God
protecting us as
we face the
final days
before we are
raptured. I
imagine His
mighty angels
are pulling
double duty to
protect us as
the battle for
the souls rages
on this planet.
Yet even in the
midst of the
most culturally
depraved times
that I can
remember in my
nearly 50 years
(50 looks worse
in print than it
does in my
mind), I am
confident that
many Christians
feel more peace
than ever
before, as we
know we are
nearing the
finish line in
the most
important race
of our lives.
And we know that
as we cross that
line, our
glorious Savior,
Jesus Christ,
will be the one
to give us our
heavenly
reward—eternity
with HIM! Can
anything be more
incredible? That
makes facing
the, shall we
say, unpleasantness,
that we will
certainly
experience in
the near future,
much more
palatable. And
with that
promise, we
persevere, all
the while,
listening and
looking up! And
that is exactly
what I do, every
day, look up.
Last summer, I
started a rather
ridiculous,
somewhat
obsessive
walking program,
and can I tell
you, I am
outdoors more
than I sometimes
care to be, but
I have seen some
pretty
incredible
little “signals”
which I choose
to believe are
from God, that I
want to
share. Maybe I
am just looking
too hard, but
the other night,
the sky was
completely
clouded, and two
large jet
contrails were
perfectly
intersected in
the sky.
The top crossbar
was shorter than
the other and it
made an
incredibly
enormous “rugged
cross” floating
over my entire
backyard for
nearly thirty
minutes. The
kicker? I was
listening to a
Gaither gospel
song called,
“He’s Alive” and
as I came around
the bend at the
climactic chorus
of the song when
David Phelps
sings, “He’s
Alive,” I looked
up and there was
that beautiful
white cross
against the gray
backdrop. It
brought me to
tears! I kept
walking, looking
up, with tears
in my eyes, and
a gigantic smile
on my face. And
this is just one
of several
incidents.
A couple months
ago, I looked
out my kitchen
window to see a
very strange
cloud formation,
what looked like
an “I” and a “C”
right next
together in the
sky. Well my
mind immediately
registered it as
Jesus saying,
“I’m
coming.” And
just yesterday,
while walking on
yet another 100%
cloudy day, as I
was listening to
Jason Crabb sing
the chorus of,
“I Know My
Redeemer Lives,”
the sun came out
for the first
time all
afternoon, and I
said to myself,
“If it gets
cloudy again
after this song,
this is a
sign”…and of
course it did.
(Smile.)
Yes indeed, the
sun stayed out
the entire
song! (Chills.) I
cannot tell you
how many times I
have gotten a
little blue
about the times,
but I always get
that little
“nudge.” A
gentle reminder
and
encouragement
that I believe
is meant to keep
me focused and
let me know that
we are close. He
IS coming. He is
coming very
soon. I am more
convinced than
ever that we
don’t have much
time left.
So friends, I
believe the
command is to
“occupy.” Whatever
that means in
your life,
figure it out
and begin
occupying.
Read and study
the Bible. Talk
to those around
you. Consult
with your
fellow-believers
and keep
comforting one
another as Jesus
told us to. And
hone those
witnessing
skills. Pray
diligently that
the Holy Spirit
will guide you
in your words (I
can assure you
this will happen
like clockwork)
when you talk to
unsaved friends
and relatives.
We haven’t much
time. We do
fight against
enemies who are
not of this
world, but then
the moral to the
story is that,
in the end, it
is those of us
who follow Jesus
Christ who will
not be of THIS
world. We will
be of HIS world
and there is
where I want to
be!
I cannot wait
for that day.
Camilla