The Twilight Zone…

When you say, Yes Lord no matter what I will trust you…

You better be ready to back it up because you will be tried and tested…

Like the old television program, The Twilight Zone. In the words of Rod Serling …

“You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!”

These words fill my mind and it’s a little eerie. I remember watching this show many years ago and I’d try to think of other scenarios for the lives that were being shown in the black and white episodes… the stories always left me feeling strange and weird…if the people had only chosen something different but this was imagination, not real, right? This was the Twilight Zone.

The past few weeks have been rather like the twilight zone for me. Getting news of things I had no control over to change. Seeking God for answers and he answered. He showed me to be still and in that stillness asked me to trust him and to give him what I thought I could never do, but I did. And then the unsettling words of my doctor… “There’s something in your lungs that don’t sound right. Let’s get a chest x-ray.” Then came the follow-up. “You have a crackling sound in your lungs. There’s something there maybe it’s fluid let’s keep an eye on it and we’ll do another x-ray in a month. If it clears up all is good. If not well we’ll see where to go from there.” And so I enter the Twilight Zone.

Then the thoughts come, “What if?” You tell yourself not to worry, not to be anxious and to trust God. You look for signs that all is right with the world. But in our humanness the brain does not stop thinking just because we tell it too.

Being a woman of faith I know where my help comes from. I know that “No Matter What” means No Matter What…I will trust you. Even if my mind tries to tell me something different…I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I am in God’s hands…and as the Holy Spirit pointed out to me recently…when Satan comes to tempt you…Say, “It is written.” God’s word is the most powerful weapon we will ever use against Satan and his demons…It goes beyond what we think or feel. It goes way past the twilight zone.

God’s word is true…God’s word is Life…God’s word never changes and will not return void and is not in vain…God’s word is health and joy and peace in the Holy Ghost!

So if you are faced with any challenge in your life right now…remember when Jesus was in the desert and had fasted for forty days…Satan came to tempt Him with the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the Pride of Life! He even tried to quote scripture. But Jesus said… “It is written.” After all Jesus is the Word!

Matthew 4:3-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

But Jesus replied, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”

Then the devil took Him into the holy city [Jerusalem] and placed Him on the pinnacle (highest point) of the temple. And he said [mockingly] to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,

‘He will command His angels concerning You [to serve, care for, protect and watch over You]’;and ‘They will lift you up on their hands, So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written and forever remains written, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’”

Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory [splendor, magnificence, and excellence] of them; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written and forever remains written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’” Then the devil left Him; and angels came and ministered to Him [bringing Him food and serving Him].

So in the life of a Christian we need never fear this world or the one to come or even another dimension…because faith is Spirit…and Faith pleases God!

So do not adjust your screen…

“You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind and spirit. A journey into a wondrous land of Heaven. Next stop, the God Zone!”

And that is where I will abide in faith knowing…God’s got me!! No Matter What!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill April 3, 2017