Getting Sober in the Age of Evil

It’s been almost two weeks since I posted to social media or Huntress At Home. I’ve been thinking a lot lately, and I wanted to take a break from my normal tone and end January on a serious note.

My unintentional time away started last week with the passing of the NY abortion law–the one allowing the murder of babies up until the day of birth. (Which isn’t new, by the way; that’s been around since Roe V Wade.) Everyone is talking about it right now. But that’s not what this post is about.

It’s just that it took something evil to shake me awake.

Drunk On Distraction

Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit?

2 Corinthians 13:5 AMP

The Bible is clear: we are to examine ourselves (1 Cor. 13:5), be careful how we live, make the most of every opportunity (Eph. 5:15-16), work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). And what are we doing? We are asleep!

We live in an age of nearly unprecedented evil; of abortions being celebrated; of vaccines being mandated despite harming and killing our children; of the LGBT movement spitting in the face of morality; of Monsanto poisoning our food; of the family being mocked and torn apart; and what are we doing?

Every day we wake up and the first thing we do is check our phones. Our social medias. Our emails. We play Design Home to buy us five more minutes to avoid facing the day. We shuffle to the kitchen and gorge ourselves on coffee and sugar just to muster the strength to stay upright. We barely move our bodies all day long as we’re being constantly shot through with low grade radiation (Wi-Fi) and eating food made of ingredients we can’t even pronounce concocted in a lab somewhere. At night, we gather together, not to talk to each other, not even to watch the same TV show anymore, but to separately lead our own virtual lives on our own devices while the idiot box keeps the background from being too quiet, lest we have to hear our own thoughts. And before we close our eyes to sleep, the last thing we see is that soft phone glow–a Youtube video on how to build a tiny house as we are drowning in stuff.

What are we doing, church! Are we surprised that things have gotten so bad? We are just like the rest of the world: drunk on distraction.

Break The Addictions & Get Sober

As Christians, we are called to be set apart. We are to be a radical departure from the people and the culture around us. What would such a rebellion look like in this age of evil?

Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

Romans 12:1-2 AMP

I pose this question: how are we to offer our bodies as living sacrifices if we are not living?

Are you living? Or are you scrolling? Surfing? Swiping?

Are we not addicted?
To sugar.
To caffeine.
To entertainment.
To likes.
To notifications.
To binging.
To noise.
To screens.
To anything that will keep us from facing the fact that we are standing on the edge of eternity facing a God who saw fit to grant us the greatest gift that has ever been given… and we are too full of our selves and our addictions to care.

I find myself most days telling God how I just want to hear those words: Well done, good and faithful servant. But then I turn around and realize I’m asleep at the wheel. Which is why I’ve recently been thinking so hard about how to get sober. I don’t want these addictions anymore. The stuff, the junk food, the mindless entertainment, the screens. I quit. I won’t lay down anymore.

Don’t Worry, But Be Wary

Part of what lead me to writing this post was the passing of the NY abortion law and a cascade of research that followed. I have felt so heavy and burdened with the knowledge of so many things I won’t get into here. (If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see that I talk a lot about the vaccine deception. Which is the tip of the iceberg.) I have truly learned the meaning of “Ignorance is bliss.”

But you know what? I got tired of feeling heavy. I gave it all to the Lord. Because we are told over and over in Scripture not to worry or fear.

So that’s where I am. Not worried, but wary. Because the days are evil. And the enemy is absolutely invested in our destruction at every angle. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have to work very hard these days because we are willingly numbed into a state of comfort.

Are you awake, friend? It’s time to make the most of every opportunity. The Bridegroom is at the door.