In 2008 I was in the house of prayer in Akron, Ohio
and two ladies who were part of our prayer team came to me and said,
We have a word from the Lord for you.
God is moving you to your next assignment.
You are going to go with nothing but a suitcase
and you will not know how you got there.
When you get there
you will be like Daniel
and you will teach the people
a new way to eat.
That word has stayed with me all these years,
because it was not just about Boston.
It was about the times and the places I have lived in.
And it is the time we are living in.
Lots of Christians think that if they pray hard enough
God will give us the next election,
change the heart of the leaders of the nations,
or turn things back to normal.
Others think that if we take back the mountains
or get back into power
then we can reverse what's happening to Western Civilization.
Christendom is over friends.
God's plan for you and for me is not
to reverse what's happening in the world.
Our call is to be like Daniel
who lived in Babylon,
where every idea except the truth
was considered equal.
Scripture tells us that it will be Babylon
that opposes the Kingdom at the end of the age.
God is calling us to overcome in Babylon.
And Daniel refused to eat from the king's table,
and he refused to bow down to the idols they had made,
and he not only survived,
he thrived.
And he taught the people a new way to eat.
Christ John Otto directs Belonging House, an international community of artists and creative people. This teaching is from our Sunday congregation, Beth Charashim, the House of Artisans. You can find out more at https://belonging.house
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Overcoming in Babylon