¡§Assassination Attempt¡¨
By
Elder Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.
Jer.1:5 & Psalms 91:1
We all know of some assassinations and assassination attempts, rather we are old enough to remember the experience or if we only read of them in history class we are familiar with them.
For example:- Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 at Ford Theater in Washington D.C.. Martin Luther King was assassinated April 4, 1968 on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis Tennessee. John F. Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963 while riding in a motor cade in Dallas Texas. March 30, 1981 there was an assassination attempt on then President Ronal Regan. Nearly two months later May 13, 1981 there was an assassination attempt on the highest religious figure in the world Pope John Paul II. Theses assassinations or attempts were done on people that had the potential to turn the world upside down.
Assassination/Assassinate : - To injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously, to murder by sudden or secret attack for impersonal reasons.
** : September 11, 2001, America was forever changed. We lived in a comfortable state of existence. We really didn¡¦t worry about terrorist or fear any opposition from any other country. Our lifestyles were relaxed and comfortable. However, on 9/11 we were abruptly made aware of an assassination attempt on our way of living. Instantaneously we moved from a comfortable way of existence to literally living in fear. There had been an attack upon our peace, an attack on our security, an attack on our lifestyle. The enemy, without any personal reasons, set out to destroy unexpectedly America¡¦s standard of living.
In the spiritual many-times although we have the ability to turn this world upside down, we get into a comfort zone. We get used to a comfortable state of spiritual existence. We get caught up in the normalcy of having church, we become conditioned to programs failing to realize that an assassination attempt has been done against our lives because we have the potential to turn the world upside down.
You must understand that you have been marked for assassination.
We find in our text of Jeremiah 1:5 the Bible says ¡§Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.¡¨
This scripture is so very powerful and is loaded with clues to the time and realm that transcends what we can fathom in our minds. Let¡¦s break this scripture down.
„« Before = at an earlier time. It is stating that at a time prior to a particular time.
„« Formed = mold into a certain shape
„« Womb = the place something is generated.
„« Sanctified = set apart.
„« Ordained = to invest officially with priestly authority.
„« Prophet = one that utters/speaks inspired revelations.
„« Nations = refers to people.
You see in an earlier time before you were formed God knew you, this is spiritual it has nothing at all to do with the natural, it is 100% spiritual. In the spiritual realm God sanctified you, which means He set you apart and ordained you, which means He officially invested in you the priestly authority to proclaim the name of Jesus to the people of the world. Then He placed you in the womb, which was the incubation process. While in the incubation process this calling was being generated in you. When you were born in the natural there was a mark that was placed upon that you cannot see in this natural realm because it is a spiritual mark that God place upon you in an earlier time. However, the devil, which is a spiritual being is able to see the mark of God upon your life and he is determined to assassinate you.
The trial and tribulations you go through are assassination attempts on your life. The Bible says in 1st Peter 4:12 ¡§Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you¡¨ its assassination attempts.
However, we can rest assured because I find in the Bible in Isaiah 54:17 these words ¡§No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.¡¨ There is no weapon that the devil can form that will be able to do you any harm, there is no assassination attempt that can cause you to loose your life, but it¡¦s conditional.
Psalms 91:1 says ¡§He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.¡¨ All you have to do is dwell in the secret place of the most High and you shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
The word dwell means ¡V to live as a resident of. When we put the ¡§eth¡¨ on the in of it makes that word go to another level. It makes the responsibility upon us a continuous one.
The phrase secret place means that no one else knows where this place is. It is referring to here, the presence of the Lord. There is a song we use to sing that says ¡§In the Word of God I¡¦ve got a hiding place.¡¨ The Word of God is the presence of the Lord. 1John 1:1 says ¡§In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.¡¨ When we dwell in the Word of God our secret place the devil is not able to attack us.
The word abide means - to remain stable or fixed to continue in a place to endure without yielding to bear patiently.
There is an assassination attempt on your life, but if you dwell in the secret place you will abide under the shadow of the all mighty.
Illustration: In this natural life we are in a spiritual battle, because before we were formed in the belly God knew us, He sanctified us and ordained us to be a prophet unto the nations. This placed a spiritual mark upon us, the devil sees this mark of God on our lives and is determined to assassinate us, but if we dwell in the secret place of the most High we shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. When we are under the shadow of the all mighty no weapon that comes our way will be able to do us any harm. If you just abide under the shadow of the almighty he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. If you abide under the shadow Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, jealousy, hatered, backbiting, and slander may come against you. But abide under the shadow of the almighty for He will be your shield and buckler. If you abide under the shadow of the almighty you can walk through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil, why because I am dwelling in the secret place of the most High.
There is an assassination attempt on your life, but dwell in the secret place.
Elder Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.
Assistant Pastor
Original Glorious Church
Boanerge Ministries
