Where are the watchmen?  Where are the gatekeepers that protect the city from the enemy?  For far too long, the city of God has been in ruins because we allowed the enemy to get inside the church.  We set satan up in our pulpits to preach prosperity doctrine and things that are not of God.  Then we wonder where the power went that used to be in the church.  We traded it for silver and gold.  It was traded for houses, cars and alligator shoes. The ones that were not guilty of teaching such nonsense are just as guilty for keeping silent. Is our silence a sin? Should we have stood boldly and cried out against wrong?

James 4:17 -17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

But God has a remnant of people that have not bowed to the idols of this world.  Just like in Elijah’s day, he felt like he was the only one that had not bowed to baal, but God had people that were standing strong. We, too can stand strong against the evil of this world.

Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,

My biggest mistake and shortcomings are that I have sat quietly by because I didn’t want to have conflict with anyone.  I have not been as bold as I should have been to stand up and declare the word of the Lord.  Preachers and teachers are not the only ones who are called to go make disciples.  We are all sent out to love people and show them Jesus.

God has set watchmen on the walls to keep an eye out for the enemy. These watchmen were supposed to warn us to prepare for battle.  The gatekeepers were supposed to check identities and not allow the enemy to enter the city.  Where are the gatekeepers and watchmen? It is up to us each, in our own way, to guard the territory we have been given. 

Parents need to loudly declare the word of the Lord that satan will not get their children.  It is promised that He will bless your children.  Jacob was blessed because of Issac and Abraham.  I am blessed because I have generations of God-fearing people in my lineage.

We need to take back the territory that we have quietly let the enemy come in and steal.  Where are the warriors of God?  It is time for the “dry bones” to arise and go on the march to take back our homes, our schools, our cities, our churches and our government. 

How do we fight these battles? Not with weapons like most would think of as weapons. We fight with our words; we declare the Word of the Lord. We pray boldly that territories will be restored to the people of God.

2 COR 10:3-5  3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

We are flesh but do not war with other people. We war with spirits and demons sent out to destroy. The things we fight are not carnal or natural but we are in the biggest spiritual battle of our lives.  We do not battle alone; God sent mighty warring angels to battle things we cannot see.  Casting down ideas of evil that try to take over the place that God is meant to be, we are to arrest every thought that is not godly. We can conform it to be obedient to Christ. In other words, we cannot keep ideas from going through our minds. That is the way the enemy enters our lives through our thoughts. But when things that are contrary to the word of God pass through our minds, we need to not dwell on it but tell it to leave in Jesus’ name.

This is why it is so very important to have the Word on the inside of us. How can we fight against evil if we do not know the definition of evil according to the word of God? It is time for us to get outside the walls of the church building and “BE” the church.  We cannot win the lost sitting in a pew.

Luke 4:23- And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.  The word compel means to strongly suggest, talk until they quit resisting, to coerce. If we keep quiet, we cannot compel them to come into the family of God. It is time we were silent no longer.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS