The Accuser

"One day the members of the heavenly court came again to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. Where have you come from?" The Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, "I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on."  Job 2:1-2 Here is a snippet, a small sampling of what is written in the bible. This is a glimpse of what the spiritual realm looks and sounds like, a conversation between God and Satan. Satan is known by many names and one of them is the Accuser~in this case, Satan searches the earth to find someone, namely Job, to accuse him of not being faithful to God. Notice that Satan is reporting his actions to God and that he has been "patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on". How does reading this impact you? What is going on in your head, your heart? Are you pausing and wondering, curious about this exchange between the Lord and the Accuser, Satan? In a Police song, the lyrics go like this: "we are spirits, in a material world" and the challenge here is to open the eyes and ears of the heart, the very soul, to allow sight into the world that exists as a parallel version of what we currently experience. It occurs to me that the other side is an amplified version and we have the toned down, muted suggestion of what is brilliant. We have glimpses of perfection and what can be and this, my friend, is what the Accuser works hard to keep us from knowing. Have you ever felt such abundant joy that bursting from the seams seemed eminent? How about despair, deep grieving and sorrow that threatened to devour you alive? This is the human condition and all around us, there are spirits, fighting the good fight to save souls and contrary to this, evil spirits roaming the earth seeking, accusing, ravenous for prey. On the one side, there is the love of the Father who sees His children and calls them home through faithfulness and thanksgiving. On the other, there is the one who sees souls as quarry, hunted prey. You, my friend, are a wishbone for the devil...he doesn't care what side of you he gets, he wants to break you in half. Who do you belong to? Does this scare you at? I am not frightened for myself because I know to whom I belong. I am, however, very much frightened for those who deny, ignore, reject subjects of the soul. We are spirit living in material fleshly bodies that die, we DIE. While in the body, you still have time, you get to choose, see, hear, listen for the voice of The King, calling your name. There is a heavenly court and you are known there. You are being watched, lovingly followed and tracked and while you are free to do as you wish, you are invited to honour your God as He asks you to consider heavenly realms, the more to this life, sight unseen and yet felt. Do you feel it, this tug of war? You are precious in the eyes of God. He will not force His hand with you because He gave you freedom to choose, sovereignty over your own life. To not think and feel on these vital topics is at your own peril. While this sounds ominous it need not be, depending on what you choose. Choosing sides isn't new, you have done this a thousand times in your life. I ask you again, to Whom do you belong?

One Life, One Love, your side to choose.