Get Smart

Every Saturday night growing up in the ’60s, my family watched “Get Smart”. Ever since then I have been a sucker for a good spy yarn and particularly those with the latest gadget and cutting edge weapons to foil the arch-enemy.  While Maxwell Smart seemed pretty stupid at times, he knew the enemy and how to vanquish him. Same with the remake of “The Saint”, one of my favorite movies; same theme. Know thy enemy and what the plan is to route him.

I have had a Smart Car, I have a Smart Phone, and the ring tone if you call me is, of course, the theme from “Get Smart”.  Today when my phone rang while I was out in my garden,  I thought about the church at large, I think it is time for her to, well, “Get Smart”. About deception. About apostasy. About end times themes, particularly one called, “the blessed hope”.  Why should we care, you say, I have no job, I have no money, my child is wild and bill collectors are at my door. That is just why you must care, because regardless of what you are going through, Jesus is coming. That is a constant, a promise, a golden thread throughout the bible.  Old Testament theme: the coming Messiah. New Testament theme: the coming Messiah. How hard is that? Commit to a systematic study f the bible and you will see that theme too, and that hope will rise up in you, far above the bills, the pressures, the kids. It might be today. It might be tomorrow, but we are commanded to watch. And watch we must.

The church desperately needs to Get Smart, about how the enemy is trying to steal, kill and destroy our blessed hope. False teaching does that, so does the deceitful call for globalism in the disguise of Dominion Theology and Replacement Theology,  both of which will put the church in the ditch, unable to understand God’s plan for both Jew and Gentile.

The bible says we are not to be ignorant of the times, the seasons, and the apostasy. No, it doesn’t say “Get Smart”. But it sure could read that way. Maranatha!

About Mary

I have been a believer since 1981. Everything else before that is relatively meaningless. My heart has, from day 1, always been toward the subject of bible prophecy and I have seen the Lord do amazing things in my life through simply studying the Word and applying it to my life. I am a wife, grandmother and work full time in ministry. Life is full, and full of learning curves and seasons.
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One Response to Get Smart

  1. Cindy Bestor says:

    Amen and amen.

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