Watchmen's Apologetic

" Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. " - Psalm 25:4 & 5

Approximately one year ago, the Holy Spirit began to stir within the heart of an obscure man from a small town in Tennessee. It wasn't a thunderous audible voice, nor a burning bush. It began with a very subtle moving....a pricking of the heart in such a way that this man actually questioned the origin of it. Was it God? Was it real? Or was it just a wishful yearning to return to a past life this man believed was permanently lost to him? Regardless of where it originated....it wasn't going away. Finally, after all the attempts to make the stirring relent had failed; this man decided he must act...must reach out to another obscure man half-way across the country in Texas....one who might help him understand what this stirring was....and what to do with it.....

I remember well the night I received the phone call that would change my life forever. It was well after midnight and, though it shames me to confess it, none of my thoughts were even remotely spiritual as I rose from my bed to answer the sound that had rudely awakened me from my blissful sleep. Little did I know that it was to also awaken me from a spiritual slumber I did not know I had succumbed to as well. My mind was still in a fog as my old friend began confiding in me the spiritual struggle he had been facing...."I think I am being called back", he stated, "....called back to a ministry too marvelous for me to believe.....and I need your help...."

Watchmen of the Wall Ministries has received several requests over the past few weeks to provide a more "in-depth" devotional.....a blog that would go more into detail on the subjects, teachings, and words we believed to be received from the Holy Spirit stated in our daily devotional. After much prayer and consideration, we have decided to add this blog to our ministry in an attempt to fulfill the requests of our readers. However, we also felt it necessary to make clear the purpose of this blog.

Watchmen Ministries is not interested in debating or defending its views/beliefs with the countless agnostics that so far have refused to choose a side or settle on a system of morals/values in which to govern their lives by. We realize there are numerous "voices" in the world crying out that theirs is the truth....the "right" way....and that everyone else has been led astray in these last days from the real leading of the Holy Spirit. If we were to constantly "defend" or work to "persuade" readers that we are legitimate, we would only add our voice to that enormous incoherent clamour causing the people sincerely searching for the truth to throw their hands up in disgust and decide the search a futile quest.

The purpose of this blog is not to convince the reader that "we are right and everyone else is wrong". Furthermore, it is not to convert our readers to "our" doctrines or "our" views. Please do not misunderstand....we sincerely believe we have genuinely heard from the Holy Spirit and that we have been given a mandate to share our vision with others....to help prepare the Body of Christ for the soon return of our Lord and Savior Jesus. The primary purpose of this blog is to stir you....the reader....into realizing the importance of seeking God's truth for yourself!

We are admonished, even commanded, in several verses of scripture to personally search the truths of God through self-discovery - Psalm 25:4, 2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Corinthians 2:13, and 2 Peter 1:20, just to name a few. Before you determine whether or not this is a message that applies to you, ask yourself these questions -

1. Do I blindly follow anyone, man or woman, never questioning his/her accuracy and take everything he/she teaches as truth simply because he/she is popular, has wrote a best-seller, is a family member, or states, "The bible says...."?

2. Could I defend or explain to someone the doctrines, beliefs, and morals that govern my life because I have searched the scriptures myself and verified them as truth....or would I have to depend on a particular denomination or someone else point out the scriptures or explain my views?

3. Am I really willing to base the eternal security of my soul on what has always been taught or accepted as the truth because I have fell victim to the trap of not searching the scriptures myself because I "might misinterpret it" or "get it wrong" because its "just too hard for me to understand"?

If Watchmen Ministries can cause any of its readers to " ....work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." (Philippians 2:12), then this blog will have succeeded in the reason and purpose for its inception and existence.

Stay tuned for new blogs on "Watchmen Meditations" and may God bless you!