Where Do You Stand With God? 12-14-25
Welcome to the word for the week. We are going to start this week with one of the toughest questions you can be asked or that you can ask yourself. Where do you stand with God? Your answer needs to be what God Himself would also say about you. So where do you stand with God? That question needs no explanation at all. It is a question that forces you to look deep within yourself, be honest with yourself, and not lie about your own truth. Where do you stand with God? That is a question you should be able to answer even if it is tough to do. That is not a question that requires any thought. There is nothing for you to sit and ponder. You already know the answer. There is no need to deflect or pretend. This is one of those questions that will get you right where you are wrong. As the old saying goes, there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Where do you stand with God?
That question is important because there will come a day when you must stand before God and give an accurate and honest account of your life. Everything you have ever done will be laid out before you and there will be no excuse on what you forgot. This is why it is important to deal with such a question as we speak. If there are things that you need to change then now is the absolute time to do so. Your choices today can have serious consequences on where you spend your eternity. If you are not where you should be then now is a great time to get before God and repent. If you think you are okay then now is a good time to get before God and be sure. This is not a question that is reserved for certain people. This is a question all of us must confront and answer while we have time to change. This is definitely not the time to think more highly of yourself than you should. This is the time for complete and total humility on your behalf towards God.
This question is not random at all. There is a real enemy who is fighting for your soul and trying to sway you from God. There are spiritual influences around all of us which are designed to pull us from God or at least question what we have been taught. There is a war being waged everyday for all of us. Those thoughts that are ungodly, that temptation that seems to come from out of nowhere, and that frustration that makes you want to quit is not an accident. It is an intentional tactic of the enemy. It is designed to get you to minimize what God has said the same way Eve did. It is designed to make you mock grace and try to take advantage of the love God has towards us. It is a subtle way to get you to walk away from your own salvation. The attacks are not always a bombardment of your soul. Oftentimes, they are very calm, calculating, quiet, and innocent in appearance. The hit that hurts the most is the one you did not see coming your way!
Right now it is what we call the holiday season. This is when a lot of people let their guard down. Smiles are everywhere, a sense of excitement is in the air, some people are looking forward to ending of one year and the beginning of a new year, and many are distracted by the holiday fanfare. In the midst of all of this, the enemy is still at work attacking the people of God. The trick is an annual trick. Get them focused on the festivities and walk right past them while they are not praying. This is the time to become even more guarded. This is the time to pray more and ask God for more discernment. God is not finished with you. The task of His work is still at hand. There are no off days in this. War does not stop because it is a holiday in the spiritual sense. While that may have happened in a world war that will never happen in the spirit. We are fighting an enemy who is doing everything in his power to keep us from going where he was kicked out of. Wake up while you can. Pray will you still can. Seek God while He may be found. Continue to call upon Him while He is near. Be honest with yourself so that you can be healed, delivered, and set free!
May the Lord continue to bless and keep you in His grace,
Bishop Carlos J. Lennon