To Your Tents!

When things got bad in Old Testament times, what did the Israelites do? They went camping!🙂

Don't believe me?

"When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse’s son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!” So the Israelites went home." - 1 Kings 12:16

And there you have it!

Of course, it wasn't a happy time when the Israelites went 'to their tents.' Things were usually pretty bad. Basically, they had no where else to turn. Every man for himself! Deperate times call for desperate measures, right? And desperate times are headed our way today. Check that, they are already here.

So, what do we do about it? How do we handle the increasing birth pangs of these last days? Three words - go to church.

You will not find a more loving, compassionate, and empathetic group than at a gathering of your brothers and sisters in Christ.

And why is there so much love and understanding in a church? Each believer has in them the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised.

 “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." - John 14:15-17

What a wonderful reminder!

The church doesn't love like the world loves. At least they shouldn't. They love unconditionally and without thought of self. And that is something the world simply cannot understand.

"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” - John 13:34-35