An Angel Under Attack

Our keyboard player @ FRC-Lima is a young man named Angel. He is very bright & can bang the keyboard better than Jerry Lee Lewis.

Last night two punks tried to mug Angel a block away from his home.

Angel is not exactly the biggest guy in the world, but he managed to fight off the two attackers. They didn't get as much as one dollar or one Peruvian sol from him. God gave Angel the strength of Jackie Chan last night.

We are all under attack these days.

Here @ FRC-Lima, it seems that all of our leaders & key volunteers are under attack in one way or another. There have been physical attacks (like Angel), financial attacks, & relational attacks. There have been attacks @ home, @ school, & in the workplace. People have been fighting w/ parents, children, relatives, in-laws, bosses, co-workers, & neighbors. People have suffered from anxiety, depression, anger, & frustration. People have suffered from substance abuse & addiction, both in the forms of temptation & relapse.

The enemy knows each of our weak areas, & these days he's working overtime @ FRC-Lima to go right at them.

However, as we always say here @ FRC-Lima, if the enemy is attacking you, then you must be doing something right.

If you weren't doing anything big for God, then the enemy would leave you alone.

In Angel's case, he was part of a huge concert that our FRC-Lima band performed on Friday night in front of several hundred youth in the city. After the concert, the band's guitar cables were stolen (possibly by another "Christian" band!), & then on Saturday night Angel was attacked.

If you're doing big things for God in your church or international ministry, then the attacks are going to come.

Rejoice.

It means that you're doing something right!