OA Win! (overall racing term)

Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The past six months have been incredibly tough on me; I have battled anxiety and depression in the peaks of the anxiety, and the valleys of the depression. They have not left me for months now, many work related, sin related, life related, and exponentially spiritual related. I have experienced incredible spiritual highs in the new ministry we are involved in, and in direct correlation are the attacks of the mind before and after the highs of seeing God work through the dirt bike ministries. Every, single, time. He had laid offering baptisms on my heart through a friend, so how would Satan dare to let something like this happen in his arena of idol worship such as an off-road race without putting up a fight? I only know of my inner war, but I am sure the battles were not just mine, but for everyone involved. It even seemed “odd” the number of injuries we had all around those racers who were baptized or supported the service; guess it was just a coincidence right? Two racers with very scary incidents. When we proclaim our faith in Jesus privately or publicly, we declare we are soldiers of Jesus involved in a heavenly war. The more bold we are, the more we threaten our enemy, and the harder life gets.

It breaks my heart to see those that are lost, those that pursue only the pleasures of a temporal world and care nothing of the eternal next one. It scares me to see how we as a nation are turning our backs upon God, and we are not mentioned in the Bible when Jesus Christ returns. Which one of the seven churches are we? I fear we are the church of Laodecia, the complacent church who does not feel their need for Christ. Revelation 3:15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’–and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Could there be a more terrifying scenario? Could there be anything worse than Jesus saying, “Depart from me. I never knew you.” Both scenarios seem possible with the state of our nation.

We had about forty-five people in attendance to support the four that were baptized. We had believers and some that may not have been, all that stopped at the swimming hole and witnessed incredible acts of faith. Each so personal, special, and brave in their own way. We have given out if I were to guess thirty to fifty Bibles and devotionals this year at two different race series. I have had countless personal conversations with people searching, struggling, needing hope, wanting prayer, God opening doors for this ministry, been encouraged, been prayed for myself, seen God at work in mighty ways in what was my god for over 20 years. Why would I expect Satan to not attack me and my family? All I can do is to remain faithful to the ministry God has placed us in. All I can do is to know Satan has to ask permission for anything that comes my way. All I can do is let Satan know I get the OA win, through Christ Jesus!