It's a War

He's called David and he is a superstar. He's known all over his part of the world as one of the most powerful men there is. He's a wonderful musician and a songwriter and he is a man of God. He's broke religious rules and the Spirit of God just seems to be all over him. His enemy's have been warring with him for years but he always seems to have the backing of God. He's married, has children and has been mightily used by God. However he met a woman and decided to be unfaithful to his wife. God judged him for it but didn't remove him from his place of influence or take away what He had done through him. Thankfully he repented publicly ....you can read all about it in Psalm 51.

We're probably going to read all about Todd Bentley in the Christian press and all his enemies are going to say "told you so.............it wasn't of God, we were right, you were wrong, he's of the devil" blah blah blah.

It IS so sad. What Todd Bentley has done is ...............well we don't know the details and frankly I wouldn't trust any Internet sight to give me the truth but we do know he is filing for divorce and there is someone else involved but we don't know for how long or on what emotional level.................. but this can only drive us to pray for him and his family and trust those like Bill Johnson ( http://www.ibethel.org/ ) Redding California and John Arnott ( http://www.johnandcarol.org/) who are counselling Todd at the moment.

(If you are really interested then listen to Bill Johnsons podcast Battle For Grace 18-08-08 . Hear a man who is desperately trying to keep the integrity of the God's Church in tact whilst not condoning the actions of a mighty man of God.)

What it reminds me of is that relationships are precious. Being unfaithful (using the word 'affair' just waters it down. It is called being unfaithful!) changes all the other relationships you have. Exposing the weaknesses of your marriage to the opposite sex makes you vulnerable and opens the door to unfaithfulness. I have to say again I don't know the details of what Todd has done but I'' guarantee that at some level he has exposed his relationship with Shona his wife and now suffers because of it. Indeed others along with him suffer also.

When all this was happening last week the impact of the Lakeland Revival (not the Todd Bentley Revival!!) was hitting me ...see my previous blog. Thank God He does not limit himself to one man and that He is a God of grace. My prayer is that His Church can respond like the loving family it says it is.That we realise we are in a war and it's when we stand united that God releases the greatest blessing.



May God increase His blessing and this wave of His Spirit surprise us all by it's increase.