The Word tells us to beware of wolves amongst us. Acts 20:29 tells us that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among us and try to knock us off the Truth. In my bff Ezekiel's prophecies, he compares the LEADERS of Israel to wolves- vicious wolves.
Just so we are clear, the viciousness of these wolves is in the way they wreck the spiritual clarity of our souls. Obviously, they are going to appear AOK- the fact that they come in among us, or are, perhaps, leaders, only adds to the deception. Their destruction and wreckage is subtle, because it is spiritual.
Most Americans these days are so far away from any kind of spiritual reality, the 'other team' can plunder and pillage their souls at will. It doesn't take much. Many walk a tight rope of existence- ignoring the spiritual and constantly striving for the material, the earthly, the right now. One little nudge, and crash. Many even have a working knowledge of the spiritual, but keep it tidied away in a little box, to be brought out only during tough times, a death, holidays. Then away it goes.
So, it is very easy for these wolves to creep upon us, not even needing to bear their teeth, just gently grab us around our exposed necks, every so slightly, and SNAP.
I believe these wolves come in various forms- Anyone working for Christianity-lite or Christianity-trendy. That which changes with the next self-help fad or retro flashback. Keep everyone in superficial spirituality- that's their game. Just enough to make ya feel good, but sweep you away when the time comes. The luke-warm fit in here. No fervor, no passion. Just packaged smiles, clean cut, hip, pseudo-relevant, keep 'em in the kool-aid, but firmly in their seats stuff.
Star-sucking media mania, the giant, shiny, sparkly wolf of the pack. So sparkly. So hypnotizing. Gets you sucked in so fast, and so far that you don't even recognize reality even while you're in it. Fame and Celebrity have placed some serious starry-goggles on your eyes. Secular no longer simply means worldly, non-spiritual. It now clamors very loudly for the spiritual- just the wrong spirits.
The bricks. Old, stubborn, set in their ways. Can't budge 'em from the pews, nor wrestle the hymnals from their gnarled hands. Scowls running race-car lines across their brows. Your run-of-the-mill W.A.S.P.-y folk that you'll find beside the word 'hypocrite' in the dictionary. They know their verse, they say their prayers. But rigid, unbending, unforgiving they are.
Beware the wolves. They may not show their teeth, they may come at you as gently as a breeze. But once they work at you long enough, a breeze is all they'll need to be to blow you over. Beware the wolves.
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