So Much for the Rescue Plan...What's Next?

Wow, the market keeps falling(now over a thousand points since the bailout last week) and the economic experts are forecasting darker times ahead. Monday markets around the world experienced downturns and again today. We are now hearing that the current global financial crisis is now just beginning to surface and the roots of this is much deeper and more widespread than what even the U.S. Congress has realized.

Where is all this headed? What will be the outcome? As I have thought about this today, I took a second look at a prophetic word from James Robison that spread throughout the evangelical church in America two years ago. One paragraph that stood out was the following:

"I am convinced that brokenness will come to the church and to America.
The choice is ours: humility or humiliation! Our population will cry out
to God on our faces, desperate beyond comprehension, in unity of spirit
and heart, longing for what really matters. The whole world will long for
peace — not just national or world peace, but peace within. It’s not peace
as the world gives, having everything our way, but rather having it His way,
having what only Jesus can give. People, not material things, will matter
most. Our focus will be on love, relationships, family, joy, compassion and
serving others."

As I read this today, I wondered if what we see happening today on Wall Street is just the beginning of what will end in humiliation and brokenness for America and the church in America. At the moment, no one seems to know what will happen. For we that are believers and followers of Christ, I really believe the church's finest hour maybe just around the corner.

What do I mean by that? If true brokenness comes to America, people will no longer be questioning the faith of others but will be looking for faith in others. The only strength and hope for the future will come from those who are truly strong in the Lord. People will be looking for someone to provide clear direction, inspire proper action and promise a stable, secure future. James Robison states, "Prosperity is suddenly defined as life itself, rather than life’s possessions."

How about your walk with God? Is your faith in God strong and courageous? Will you panic and be filled with fear or will your faith only be even more revealed if and when such a time should come?