TRUTH AND LEADERSHIP

Leadership is important
in every aspect.
As the leadership goes
so does the marriage,
the family,
the church,
the society,
and the government.

​The laws that we create
are an extension from it.
From what authority
do our laws branch?
Do we follow the Word of God
or do we make up our own?

Do we allow
for human sacrifice
like in the days of Manasseh
when for 55 years
he ruled with pride and evil intent?

Do we drop our faith boundaries
and open up our gates to Paganism?
Do we let human love
change God’s definition of marriage?

Do we believe God
created Adam and Eve
to be a perfect fit?
Do we believe God created
a complimentary difference
between woman and man?

Do we tell a father
he is not needed
in his child’s life?
Do we tell a mother
that parental bonding and attachment
are not important?

Do we encourage a mom to choose
a career over raising her children?
Do we continue to apply bricks
to break the family unit?

Don’t we come up
with all kinds of excuses!

Do we value money over everything?
Do we live each day
praying for retirement?

Do we allow education
to decide what principles
are taught to our kids?
What if they are wrong,
and go against God’s laws?

Do we subside
and totally give in?
Do we roll over
and wave the white flag?

What if the king of the kingdom
appears to have a good heart?
What if words of peace
come out of his mouth
but everything he does
is an abomination to God?

What if God is taken
out of our government?
What if we are told to honor
every kind of faith?

What if we are told
that Jesus is not the only way?
What if the world king
decides there is another way?

Since we are called to love,
how much should the Christian accept?
What justifies letting go
of our plumb-line faith?

What should we do
when our husband has gone astray?
What should we do
if he leads with an iron fist?

What if a mom and her children
live every day afraid?
How much abuse
are they supposed to take?

And what if a wife says,
“I’m doing it MY own way!”
“I don’t give a shit
what you have to say!”

What if she dismisses
everything her husband has to say.
What if he is squashed
under her feministic foot?
What should he do?

What if the children rebel
and spit in their parents face?
What if they insist
that they WILL get their own way.
How much disobedience
are parents supposed to take?
At what point should they say, 
"If you can't respect me,
then get out of MY house!"

How much are we to submit?
When has idolatry and rebellion
become too much?

What do you do
when your pastor says,
“Well, you married him”
when you go to him
about domestic violence happening
in the home?
At what point should a member
question his authority,
and stop him and say,
“That does not seem what God has to say." 

How much do we rely on humans
to tell us the truth
instead of going to God
to tell us the answers?

Shouldn’t the answer
from the Pastor be,
“A husband is to love his wife,
like Christ loves the church.”
Shouldn’t that be
the very first response
that comes out of his mouth?

And isn’t a wife
supposed to honor her man
and submit herself to him?
Not under his control,
but under his protection.

And aren’t the children
supposed to respect their parents?
Isn’t that how authority works?

And what about the leaders
who run our government
aren’t they an extension of us?
Aren't they supposed to be JUST
representatives of the people?

It certainly seems
we have everything backwards,
does it not?
Instead of coming in,
shouldn’t the Church be going out?

And why do our shepherds
feed the flock sugar coated messages?
Well, I guess I already know
the answer to that!

Sugar and honey
makes everything go down -
even when it's not good for us.

Many preachers and prophets
love to tickle the ears of humans.
They love to speak
peace and prosperity 
to a dying generation.
People don't like to hear
about God's wrath or impending judgment,
since we are rooted in God's love
and He sent his son to save us.
"Fear of the Lord"
is not for me.
It's a term of old 
to make men follow God's law.

That is the great lie
that most people believe.

The truth is we must have
a personal relationship with Jesus,
otherwise when our body dies,
he will say,
"Depart from Me."

Intimacy 
is what determines
whether you have faith to believe.
"Fear of the Lord"
and submitting to God's authority
is a natural extension from it.

What will happen
to people’s heart and minds
if we continue to digest
human thoughts and ways?”

God tells us
that his thoughts
are not like our thoughts,
and his ways are not like our own.
What will we be like as a nation
if we continue to abandon Father God?

What will happen if we continue
to twist His Word?
Eventually the Body of Christ 
will begin to crumble and break.

Is this what Daniel calls
the Kingdom of Baked Clay?

And all because
we lack spiritual nourishment
and thus we lack enduring faith.

It’s like the parent
who buys what’s convenient
instead of filling the fridge
with life-giving fruits and vegetables.

Our stomach and our cells
were never meant to digest
such harmful chemicals.
Wouldn’t we expect mutation to happen?

The body eventually dies
when we feed it wrong.

Leadership
It is where it all begins.
It’s like the mind and the mouth
that takes substances in.

We have to come back
to God’s authority!
We have to digest
what His Word says!

It’s time to stand up and fight!
We must put on our Shoes
FITTED with the Gospel of Peace,
and we must tighten our pants
with the Belt of Truth!
We must put Jesus in our hearts,
and confidently wear
our Breastplate of Righteousness.
We must pick up our Shield of Faith
to defend ourselves from the arrows
the enemy sends our way.
We must put on our Helmet of Salvation 
and remember to cry "Maranatha."

I, Cherie, being a faithful servant
of My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
decree and declare
that this WORD must go out -
as the Sword of the Spirit
extends from my mouth! 

How can we fight the good fight,
and run with patient endurance
when we twist the truth,
and don't submit to God's authority?

Without the Belt of Truth,
our spiritual pants will surely fall down - 
and we will be a laughing stock -
a mockery and humiliating witness to God!

We must stop this abomination!

We must stand for truth
and be his faithful witness!

Who do you serve?
Is it God or is it man?
Or even worse,
​are we serving ourselves?