Not By Sight

My friend Kazuko is in Japan to visit family and advance God’s kingdom. They enemy is well aware of her presence because she is and is going to be instrumental in telling people about God, spreading the Gospel healing and restoring His people. She emailed me that she was being attacked from people she knows and people she doesn’t know. I knew that she will be fine even though she said that this was a bigger and greater attack then other trips. My job as with the rest of her friends is to pray for her.

God is always there for us and in times like this we cannot lean on or depend on what we see. If we do we will be caught up in the whirl wind and be thrown all over the place. Focus and depend on God and his promises. He promised us the Holy Spirit who will comfort us and direct us. He said that the gates of Hades will not overcome …

Mt.16:18
Jesus said,” And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

He told us that we have the power and authority to break the gates of Hades down.

Mt. 16:19
Jesus continues…”I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven , and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

I’m going to hold onto those promises and focus on Him and prayer through the attacks and believe that Our Father in Heaven prevails. Yes, I know that this is hard especially when the circumstances seem ever so bad. But I also know that He will do what He says He will do.

As I was praying for Kazuko God gave me the following scriptures for her. I sent those scriptures to Kazuko and now He wants me to give it to all of you.

Daniel 3:19-20
Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.”

So they are thrown into the furnace and no harm comes to them. Now Nebuchadnezzar is truly alarmed and he asks his advisers to confirm that they were indeed thrown into the furnace. They concur. Then as he looks into the furnace he sees …..

Daniel 3: 25
“ Look I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

People and things will try to harm us and sometimes those attacks will be seven times hotter. Like Daniel our job is to focus on God and believe Him. So read the above scriptures one more time and know your Father is talking to you.


Father God help me to focus on you even when the circumstances are at there worst. Do not let me depend on my sight but on You. Help me believe your promises when the furnace is seven times hotter. Do not let any harm come to me or my family. I believe you will take care of me and protect me. Increase my faith ten fold. Amen