There is a children's song which goes like this:
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"Inky-pinky spider went up the water-spout, Down came the rain and washed the spider out; Out came the sunshine and dried up the rain, Inky-pinky spider climbed up the spout again." |
Many Christians are inky-pinky Christians with the spiritual stamina of a spider contending against the storms of life. In these days of intense evil, the storms which would wash us away into unbelief and confusion are almost too much for us. We sit among sinners and scoffers who would destroy our Christian faith.
It is a day when we must keep very close to Jesus every inch of the way, every minute of every day.
God knew from the beginning that in the last days perilous times would come (2 Tim.3:1). Yet, God, as He has always done, made a provision for His own dear ones ahead of the event. His prophets predicted it hundreds of years even before Jesus was born. One of these prophets was Joel who predicted a great outpouring of God's Spirit in the last days (Joel 2:28). God has promised to send His Spirit to empower us when the rains try to wash us away.
This promise is becoming a reality in our time as God is pouring His Spirit into all churches and denominations where the truth of the gospel is preached--the truth of the resurrected Lord Jesus alive among us today. God is demonstrating his power around the world as He performs signs and wonders as in the early church.
Many Christians have, until now, denied the Holy Spirit baptism. This is a gift God offers to His people to empower us for the last days, and we Christians are going to need every ounce of help God gives us. On our own we will be unable to stand in the perilous times the Bible predicts are coming.
If we are willing to accept all the weapons Jesus Christ offers us, we can be overcomers who, like the little spider, refuse to give up. We can then change the last lines of our little song to read:
Out came the SON and dried up the rain,
Inky-pinky Christian climbs up the spout again.
© 1999, Doreen Palmer