Hot Air Rising

When I heard the horrifying news report about the child in the hot air balloon in Colorado this week I had an immediate sense in my spirit that the Lord was giving a visual picture of a larger spiritual issue over our country … one in which the media is "blowing out of proportion” situations that have everyone watching in fear and trepidation. Storm chasing nuts are conjuring up stories for purposes of instilling hype, fear, and a lack of GOD WATCHING AND LISTENING TO!! We as a nation are watching and buying off on the news … a lot of “HOT AIR” is being released with the intent to draw our focus away from the more serious issues at hand in our nation.

I can give one example. Last Spring when the Swine flu was making its debut, and many schools were closing as a result, we experienced a lot of “crying wolf” due to the few who did actually come down sick. It was also announced that in the Fall of 2009 we would experience a worldwide flu pandemic. Initially, I could sense the fear that tried to come upon me. Note, I said initially. Then, it struck me that we should NOT be receiving a negative report of this sort and we should be standing against it!! This is part of the enemy’s assignment to get our focus off of WHO OUR GOD IS rather than the enemy who is instilling fear in the hearts of our nation. Many of us have come into agreement with these bad reports.

Yesterday my mother’s doctor told us that he will NOT be taking the swine vaccine (H1N1) himself. He said that symptoms of this strain of flu are mild in comparison with the regular flu and he is not suggesting this vaccine at all for his elderly patients like my Mom, yet, he would himself take the regular flu shot as it is a much more dangerous flu strain than that of the swine flu. He said numbers being magnified through the media today of those dying from this deadly swine flu is nothing in comparison to the 37,000 who died last year from the regular flu. He also commented that he felt there was too little time in the preparation of the vaccine.

We need to stop chasing the many hot air balloon reports that the media and our government are issuing for their own purposes to instill fear and to gain ultimate control over our lives … turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace!!

“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”   

Ephesians 4:14

“And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear him.”   

Luke 12:4-5

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 

2 Timothy 1:7