Unstoppable

Not today, not on any day, not by any force on this earth can God be stopped. There are no chains of any sort that can hold him back as evidenced by many biblical references, so why do we think he cannot break our personal chains of attachment and addiction?

Psalm 107:13-14 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He brought them out of the darkness; the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.

Yesterday I led a group discussion of over 100 men at Good Landing Recovery and I used one chapter,  Acts 12 to demonstrate this point. In it the evil King Herod kills one of the brothers (James, the brother of John) just because he was a member of the new "church" movement then imprisons Peter intending to put him on trial. They bound him in chains. However, the church began to pray for Peter and then God showed up.

He sent an angel to do this: He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. Quick get up he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrist. Soon Peter was knocking on the disciples door and they were astonished he was free. Then the highly agitated Herod had the guards executed who let him go (not realizing the divine intent), gave a public address where he was proclaimed a god and did not refute it, not credit the Original God (OG).

For his lack of humility God sent another kind of angel that struck Herod down , and he was eaten by worms and died. Ugly for sure, but a message was sent, God is unstoppable when it comes to defending his people and seeing that His will is carried out. Next it says, But the word of God continued to increase and spread.

No matter what condition we feel this world is in today, God is always going to be unstoppable and all he really wants us to do is to do what  Peter was doing before he got locked up, spread the Good News., and quit worrying about what others say.

Then he will take care of the rest, including our enemies! (Now which angel did you want?)