First–what a revelatory call last night! Dr. Negiel Bigpond called us to a higher level of spiritual warfare, union with God and each other. Priests of war, women of war… a new breed of warrior priests! Sara Ballenger echoed this call. We will share more ahead about key prayer strategies that have emerged over the past two weeks.
Throughout this New Birth of Freedom project, we have sought to see gates of blessing opened, and gates of sabotage shut. These gates literally represent the difference between birthing and abortion. I was therefore honestly stunned when President Obama stood on the Capitol portico for his inaugural speech and called for gay marriage to be legalized in America. Traditionally, presidents facing a divided union seek to build bridges, not exacerbate the divisiveness that has already imperiled our land.
Thwarting the Balance of Power
I was even more stunned by President Obama’s recent dictate to the Supreme Court, calling the justices to render verdict in favor of gay marriage. This nation was founded on checks and balances between three offices equal in authority–executive, legislative and judicial. These checks and balances were structured as an internal blockade against dictatorship. And when the lines are crossed by any of these entities, We the People most definitely suffer.
Journalism, the fourth estate, is supposed to provide a balance of power to all three branches of government. So I was even more stunned when Bob Woodward, perhaps Washington’s most respected investigative journalist, shared how he was threatened by a high level official in the Obama administration. Other journalists have now come alongside Woodward, reporting similar experiences.
Sequester–the Debt Reduction’s “Nuclear Option”
The issue Woodward was challenged on is the sequester, which begins tomorrow across the spectrum of government. Among other things, Woodward challenged the Obama Administration’s claim that this sequester was the idea of the Republicans. Not so. As Woodward accurately reported, the Obama Administration officials came up with the idea. They sought a way to gain bipartisan support to postpone national debt ceilings until after the election.
The sequester was framed as a national debt version of the “nuclear option.” In its totality, the sequester was intentionally designed as a progression towards economic sabotage. An option to avoid at all costs, thereby forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiations that would keep us all from the cliff.
Woodward: “Madness”
According to Woodward, the Obama administration originally agreed to focus on spending cuts. The administration has since “moved the goalposts” by now demanding revenue increases in addition to spending cuts. “That was not the deal he made,” according to Woodward.
Yesterday Woodward also challenged President Obama’s allegation that the sequester forced him to demand the removal of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman from the Persian Gulf. “That’s the kind of madness I haven’t seen in a long time,” observed the veteran journalist.
Positioned for Judgment?
I want to put this decision to remove the carrier in a broader perspective. By this, President Obama has certainly decreased our firepower towards Iran, Syria and the Mideast. We are reducing our capacities even as Iran has partnered with North Korea in the recent testing of a powerful nuclear bomb. Not only this, Iran just went online with its plutonium enrichment facility–an action Israel earlier warned about as a “red line” mandating military action.
At this very time, Sen. Chuck Hagel has just been sworn in as Secretary of Defense. Senate hearings brought out frightening perspectives stated in the past by Sen. Hagel regarding Iran and Israel. He most definitely needs our prayers!
Again, on a broader perspective, I am very concerned that our decisions are potentially positioning America for judgment–the lifting of His hand of protection–at the very time where we are most vulnerable to both internal challenges and external existential threats. We cannot long defy the heart and word of our living Savior without consequences. If ever there’s a time to cry out for these gates of sabotage to be shut, it’s now!
