As much as I like to eat fish, for the fifth or sixth time I went out on the pier to find that the fish weren’t biting, and it was blistering hot in the sun. So once again, I was just in time to give Bill a ride to his apartment. Bill was in the shelter at the end of the pier as is his usual ritual for the past twenty years. Being debilitated because of stomach problems, he spends the early part of each day fishing. I was beginning to wonder if God had sent me there in response to Bill’s prayers, and I asked him so as we walked from the pier to my car.

Bill’s reply was, “I’m an atheist who doesn’t believe in a God who cares. If there is a God, He tried to kill me yesterday with a lightning strike.”

Then I remembered that there was a violent lighting storm yesterday about this same time of day, and he must have gotten caught in the rain on the way to his apartment. After we entered the car, I said to Bill, “Do you know what the Bible says about people that don’t believe in God?”

“No”

“It says, “The fool has said in his heart there is no God.”

Now I know that Bill isn’t a dummy, having aspired to be a medical doctor and was a pi beta kappa in college. I just surmised from this that he was angry at God for his ailments – as so many people are.

I followed up my defense with, “Haven’t you ever considered the wonder of man and woman and their ability to pro-create, and about how plants and trees take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen for us to breathe?”

I followed up with the miracle of eyesight and asked, “Can you show me a scientist that can make the lowly egg already packaged in a shell?” I could have gone on and on, but I think he got the picture.

Bill was stuck dumb for an answer and was quiet for a little while as he mulled over some possible answers. But then he changed the subject altogether and proceeded to tell me how he doesn’t sleep, and lays awake every night with the television on till the wee hours of the morning.

Just then, we had reached his apartment, and I was prompted to ask him if I could pray for him. “Bill, I’d like to pray for you. Would you mind?”

“Sure, why not; I need all the help I can get.”

So, I proceeded to pray for Bill in a non-condescending way. After all, I had already called him a fool. “Heavenly Father, give Bill the rest and comfort he needs, in Jesus name, Amen.” (Putting on a show of piety is not in my nature, and so I make my prayers for others and myself – short and sweet.)

Bill thanked me as usual and hobbled away in deep thought as I drove away about my business.

There are millions of people just like Bill. People searching for answers for peace of mind and assurance, but the last place they look is in the Bible.

Two days later, and I’m out on the pier again, this time trying to catch some fish to eat. As usual, I encounter a retiree, and I strike up a conversation. This healthy, robust man begins telling me of his fears for his grandchildren what with all that’s taking place in our country. He claims to have studied law and went on and on about how the crazies were ruling the country and how there was chaos everywhere – to which I could only agree.

After letting him have his say, I asked him if he was a Christian. He said he was a Catholic – a lame one at that. This opened the door for me to tell him of my conversion experience with Christ and how I believed we were living in the Last Days. He quit trying to impress me with his doctorates and degrees and became intrigued by what I had to say. His visage said it all: “I didn’t know that!” – I had given him something to think about tonight. Maybe he’ll crack open the family Bible that’s been gathering dust on the shelf.

By now I had rigged up my line and finally said goodbye. I walked toward the middle of the pier. But I no sooner get started than I see Bill come hobbling down the pier toward me. He sat on the bench where I had laid my fishing gear- a small tackle shoulder bag. I could tell he needed a ride home as sweat gathered on his brow, and again the fish weren’t biting, so I offered him a ride. He let out a sigh of relief and said thank you.

I can only assume that God has been working this thing out; the timing was once again perfect.

Books to read

As all my readers know, I usually have a book to recommend, and this time one was sent to me written by one of them.

It was a good read, crisp and clean and better than most self-published work.

The title of the book is Out Giving God, a book that started out to be a reality check on faith in God.

I liked the book because it pulled no punches and didn’t gloss over or make excuses for failures in the life of a Christian.

Like so many author Christians, Russel Bonds was “saved at childhood,” grew up in a church-going family, and tried to do everything right. But the time came when he was finally tested. “These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So, when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world” (I Peter 1:7).

This book is a good testimonial for those who are going through a rough patch in their faith.

You can order the book at www.jekandrusty.com.

(Over the years I’ve talked to some that had left the faith because things didn’t turn out the way they expected. If they had read scripture, they would have found that Jesus said, “Take up your cross and follow me.”)

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com. or www.dropzonedelta.com.

While it may be true that I never went to seminary (and I’m glad I didn’t), I feel called to strengthen the brethren. Some may be asking where I get my authority to speak out on God’s behalf. Peter was just a fisherman with no degrees that I’m aware of. I just have a keen interest in the things of God and am bold about my faith and convictions much like him. His primary qualification was a willingness to learn from Jesus to the point of becoming a fisher of men and proponent of truth.

Having said that, I will continue to compel others to do the same in what may be our final window of opportunity, with time running out for all humanity.

Recently a sincere “Christian believer” wrote to ask that we should have a prayer chain whereby we all pray together that God would heal our land. I can only assume he is new to the faith because he sites 2^nd Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name and will humble themselves,” etc., (something that a small handful of believers have been praying for years now.) I couldn’t comply since I’ve been praying that prayer on my own for a while now; and after seeing our country deteriorate into a Godless third-world country over the years – I digressed.

For me, there are two problems with that prayer. One is that it has become too late in the day for us Christians to do what we should have been doing years ago, and now believers are diminishing while unrepentant atheists are continually gaining ground.

Evidently, the person asking us to pray was a new believer or too young to remember when things were different. At a time when we respected our elders, not coldcocking them from behind, a time when a man’s word was his bond and character meant something. A time when most politicians were deemed statesmen, and policemen were looked upon as keepers of the peace. There was even a time when the clergy was looked upon as spokesmen for God. Now most are known as hucksters. I thank God I never was a follower of these charlatans, knowing that we are ALL human. Instead, I searched the scriptures to have God speak to me directly through the Holy Spirit.

Pedophiles and Atheists, Homosexuals, apostate preachers and assorted criminals have taken over our learning institutions, political systems and churches, making it impossible for God to intervene with healing. And, seriously – why should He? God will NOT intervene where He’s not wanted, and He’s obviously not wanted in the USA by the present majority.

Looking around at the calamity that surrounds us, I believe God has already set in motion the damning prophetic scriptures from which there is no turning back. To ask Him to overlook our sins without repenting of them is complete disregard for Him and His word. It is ignorance of prophetic warnings. God is completely within His rights to let us destroy ourselves, thereby fulfilling Holy Writ.

As a matter of fact, He gave us a vivid warning of what would happen to a society that disregarded Him in the Old Testament.

When evil Sodom and Gomorrah crossed the red line, they became a prime example of God’s judgment on that society. He could only have disgust and contempt with the twin cities as the stench of their behavior rose to His very nostrils. Now, I ask you, how can God forgive us for being even more corrupt than they and in vastly greater numbers?

We can only expect God to forgive the repentant individual from here on. The nation as a whole is lost, evidenced by it ignoring His laws, His Word and even His very existence. Scientists, teachers, professors, political leaders and even the clergy in our corrupt society, “Thinking themselves to be wise, have become utter fools.”

Every day now, we can see evidence of corruption in high places, with many now making no excuses for their behavior and instead taking pride in their vile corruption. Thousands of people in high office in America are being convicted of pedophilia – some being sent to jail. With Germaine Maxwell having been arrested and confined to jail, it’s only a matter of time that she spills the beans on many respected people who lived the secret life of pedophilia. And so, many important people are walking on eggshells, hoping or arranging for her assassination (probably with Covid-19) while behind bars. The few honest people left are afraid that she may not live long enough to expose the vile people she and Epstein associated with.

I know firsthand of an exceedingly attractive girl from Columbia who was adopted by an American Diplomat to be his sex slave from the age of 12. And I had a lady friend who was molested by a Charismatic church leader while in college.

In America, we recently even had a young man run for president on the Democrat ticket. If this man had won the nomination and been elected, it would have opened the floodgates even further for the sexually deviant in our society. Thank God it didn’t happen. Sexual deviancy and criminality are on our very doorstep. We must as individuals ask God to forgive us for our complacency.

Now, though, we have another jaded man who is saddled with mental problems, coupled with his corrupt past, who can barely say his own name, running for the highest office of our country. And this guy is being endorsed by former president Barack Hussein Obama! Unless he wants to see the country destroyed, he couldn’t be serious about us handing the reins of power to a mentally deficient man like Joe Biden.

It is plainly obvious that Satan is out to destroy our Christian county and turn it into a Godless one, one which would worship the Antichrist.

It is less than three months until a president is decided on, and we must make some hard decisions – even if we don’t like the candidates. Like in the past, we will vote for the lesser of the two evils; but in this instance, we will, in essence, be voting on the further destruction of our country and way of life. If you want to do away with the police, if you want our cities to continue to burn, if you want criminals released because of a virus – then all you need to do is vote Democrat or not vote at all.

Have we crossed the red line? I believe we have. Will we have one last revival? Maybe, but only if God gives us a last window of opportunity. Is the rapture imminent? From all indications – yes.

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com

My website is www.propheticsignsandwonders.com or you can visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com.