Good Attacks

God has seen fit to cover us w/ His hand of blessing & favor here @ FRC-Lima. We have experienced growth & impact here in Lima a/w/a throughout Peru. It is indeed exciting to be a part of what God is doing here in Peru & in South America.

At the same time, the enemy has taken notice, too.

Recent days & weeks have been filled w/ a variety of attacks against us as pastors, against our Lima leaders, & against the church.

This is a good thing.

If you're not doing anything for the Lord, if you're just living a fat, happy, & comfortable life - even w/i the realm of a "ministry" - then the enemy is going to leave you alone. Why should he bother w/ you? If you're not doing anything worthwhile for God, then the enemy is just going to continue to let you go your own way. He'll leave you alone.

But if you're doing - or trying to do - big things for God, & you are way out of your comfort zone, & your faith is being stretched beyond what you thought was possible, & you are leading people to the nail-punctured feet of Jesus Christ, then the enemy is going to stand up & take notice of you & what you're doing.

And he's going to start to attack you.

He'll attack you, he'll attack your church, he'll attack your ministry.

You'll be ducking arrows poisoned with jealousy, envy, pride, arrogance, corruption, & rebellion. The wolves will be snarling all around you, baring their sharp fangs.

It won't be easy. There will be seasons of ferocity.

But be happy.

Because it all means that you're doing something, or are about to do something, very big for God.

And He's got your back. God's got you covered.

In Philippians 4:11, Paul talks about being content whatever the circumstances. Paul wrote those words as he languished in a Roman prison. His whole post-conversion life was filled w/ one attack after another. You may be in the same boat as Paul today, facing a seemingly never-ending barrage of barbs & arrows.

Rejoice, b/c it means that you're doing big things for God, & the enemy can't stand it!