I realized while I was praying the other day that I have spent a lot of time praying for the people who are working out the plan, which is a good thing. I off-handedly added "and that you, Lord, will be glorified." Praying that jolted me and I realized I have spent most of this time focused on man and not on God. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says GOD will heal our land, not men. We need to get our focus right. I believe this is a very, very important part of the Awakening.
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God helps those who help themselves.
Bringing people to God means, to me, opening people up to the truth that we are all one family and that heaven (the kingdom of God) is within each of us.
Luke: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
John: 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
God will NOT save us in the sense that we passively wait for Him to solve our problems. Literally millions of Christians over the centuries have been murdered by evil people (as have millions of others who Christ would call disciples, even if they'd never heard of Him -- see John 13:35; Jesus had a very different definition of discipleship than do most professing Christians).
God WILL save us in the sense that when we are in touch with what's RIGHT, when we are open to God's truth, then we see the world accurately and appropriately and we BEHAVE appropriately -- including resisting evil. When we become "as little children" (Matthew 18:3) then we are open to our feelings -- the feelings God gave us and which are the guideposts to appropriate behavior.
Old, repressed feelings confuse and bedevil us as those feelings strive to become conscious (thus Jesus' insistence on not offending children; childhood trauma stays with us unless felt directly in therapy or otherwise). Discerning old feelings (being angry at someone without cause, for instance, when old anger is pushing us) is important so that we don't behave inappropriately.
The Great Awakening is not only about knowing that evil surrounds us and that we've been duped by nearly every "Authority" and and Establishment figure and institution -- it's a spiritual and emotional awakening that can bring us back to the kingdom of God within each of us.
And THAT is what [they] fear the most.