ARTICLE: GOD, THE MASTER DIRECTOR BEHIND 
THE SCENES: "EVERYTHING IS NOT AS IT 
MAY SEEM"  5-18-16 J.

NOTE: I realize this "Article" is lengthy, but I believe you will be encouraged with its content. ❤️😀

FOOL'S GOLD: 💰
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1878, by a man named James W. Marshall; he found gold while mining in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. At this time, tens of thousands flocked to California to mine gold, and this was the largest migration West.

You may have heard of the saying "fool's gold". 💰Please allow me to share some "behind the scenes" history of where the phrase "Fool's Gold" comes from. During the second half of the 16th Century an English Seaman named Martin Frobrisher had made three trips to Canada. On his second trip to Canada, he found a mineral he thought was gold and so he carried three shiploads back home, where he made a fine profit. Intrigued, Frobrisher returned a third time to Canada, with more ships and with even more of "the gold". After years of "smelting", eventually it was figured out that it wasn't gold at all, but a worthless (in value) mineral known as "iron pyrite".

The phrase makes an early appearance in 1872, where an article entitled "Fool's Gold and How We May Know It", is found in the Indiana Progress newspaper. There it reads:

"There are several minerals which are sometimes mistaken for gold, but the two which are most apt to give rise to deception in this matter, are pyrites and mica, and hence they are sometimes referred to as "Fool's Gold". 💰

EVERYTHING THAT GLITTER'S IS NOT GOLD:⚱
I shared this story for several reasons my beloved family and friends. The first point I wish to make is in regards to the recent "political storm" passing. ⛈🌪⚡️The GOP "circus" (as some are calling it) has stirred up room for assumptions and questions of whether the GOP presidential nominee will be Donald J. Trump AND, if he is indeed the Republican candidate, could he actually defeat Hillary Clinton. (NOTE: My intentions are not to indicate support for either candidate-- I simply want to make a few important points). And second, it is not only the "political realm" we should be concerned about brethren, but also about "the signs of the last days" we are now living in.

🎺1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 tells us "For you are fully aware that the Lord will return like a thief in the night. While people are saying "peace and security", destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains of a pregnant woman, and they will not escape..."🔐🌘?🕰

I want to refer to an "FB Article" I recently wrote where I posed the question of whether or not, regardless of whom the final presidential candidates may be, are you and I praying for "Father God's Choice" for The President of the United States Of America?🗽 We cant possibly be privy to all of the "behind the scenes" action in Washington; 📰which leaves room for assumptions, speculations, accusations and distrust from The American People. Most conscientious Americans recognize that America is in a BIG mess! BUT "GOD IS THE MASTER DIRECTOR BEHIND THE SCENES" 📢📜and if ALL American Christians will stand in the gap, on behalf of the rest of the Citizens of The United States, and repent, asking for God to return to the Center of ALL of ITS Affairs, WE COULD VERY WELL SEE THE BLESSINGS OF FATHER GOD RETURN TO OUR BELOVED NATION! Donald John Trump or Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (if these will indeed be the presidential candidates for the 2016 Race for the Presidency? Father God already knows WHO is His Choice! Another possibility could be something that some would think as an "out of left field impossibility"; President Barrack Hussein Obama could declare Marshall Law and temporarily postpone the "swearing in of the elected" and remain in office for a potential third term! LET THE WILL OF FATHER GOD BE DONE--WHATEVER THAT MAY BE! I just pray earnestly for His mercy and grace regardless of what "authority" He may ordain. (Read ROMANS 13:1 regarding how Father God ordains EVERY Authority in heaven and on earth).

🎺🎺🎺2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray 🙏and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land".

In both of the aforementioned points I have addressed, there is potential for Christians (and ALL Americans and "the World" for that matter) to find "Fool's Gold" in the political and spiritual arena (realm). "Everything that glitters is not gold"...let us not be fooled, but rather, let us embrace, more than ever, the "Discernment" and "Divine Instructions" of The Holy Spirit", to help us to know what decisions we should be making right now. Our taking the passive, "head in the sand" and being silenced due to the intimidation of societal pressures of what is "politically" or "not politically" correct WILL NOT WORK "for such a time as this"! Rather than having our position of "heads in the sand" we MUST BOLDLY STAND ON "THE ROCK: "OF AGES" and "OUR SALVATION". Since when do Christians need to bow their knee to other false gods and to anyone who is not adhering to what our Forefathers founded this beloved nation on: Godly Principles and morals with adopted American slogans of "IN GOD WE TRUST", "GOD BLESS AMERICA" and "ONE NATION UNDER GOD". Then as I declare these slogans of Truth, I am challenged with posing another unfortunate and dreadful question that I grievously already know the answer to: "WHICH GOD RULES AND REIGNS IN AMERICA? FOR THIS NATION HAS MANY FALSE GODS AND THERE IS ONLY "THE ONE TRUE LIVING GOD" -- HE IS "EL EYON, GOD MOST HIGH". 👑🎖🏆

LET US PRAY FOR "FATHER GOD'S CHOICE" IN THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, FOR ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT THIS NATION NEEDS IN ORDER TO RETURN TO HIM AND TO RECOGNIZE (AND ACKNOWLEDGE) HIS RULERSHIP AND SUPREMACY ALONE! AND, my beloved, LET US DISCERN THE SEASON THE BODY OF CHRIST IS IN AND 1. BE IN POSITION; 2. BE IN A SPIRITUAL AND NATURAL MINDSET OF READINESS; 3. BE EXPEDIENT IN "OBEDIENCE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT'S INSTRUCTIONS".

JESUS' RETURN IS EMINENT AND I BELIEVE COULD BE VERY VERY SOON! WILL YOU AND I BE IN THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?" WHEN JESUS RETURNS, WILL HE FIND FAITH IN HIS PEOPLE? ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND FATHER GOD!

I love you all and pray you are blessed, encouraged, inspired and challenged in what I believe The Holy Spirit has placed on my heart to share today!