Embedded Evil, Culture and Birthing -Morris Ruddick
Jesus observed that the sons of this world are more shrewd with their own kind than the sons of Light. That shrewdness seems even more pronounced when darkness is leveraged within the culture.
Coincidentally, Jesus pointed to religious leaders, who should have known better, but instead were short-sighted in their grasp of reality, referring to them as blind-guides. Ones who missed the forest for the trees …. in prioritizing the leveraging of Light within the culture. Instead, they lowered the bar embracing the lures and delicacies that reduced their standard to that of the world’s system.
The stumbling block to leveraging Light; and the shrewdness in capitalizing on darkness is tied to the same factor: embedded evil. Embedded evil within the culture. It is the corruption not only hidden and dormant; but the acceptance of the overt that results from the age-old alliance of Babylon and Chaldea, the world’s system and the occult.
Yet, on record in scripture are heroes of faith whose leadership became a voice to the world. Ones who penetrated pagan cultures, with God’s people arising to reset the standard with the culture of the Kingdom into what it was designed to be.
From the foundations God laid out to Moses in the Torah; to David’s unique leadership in bringing unity within the diverse tribes of Israel; to strategies He gave to ones like Daniel, Jeremiah, the apostles and all who sought to walk in alignment with Him, the priorities needed and the ability to culturally overcome the evil lurking in the infrastructures of the link between the world’s system and the forces of darkness find power in the ability to be of one mind, with the Lord.
Countering the cultural shrewdness of the sons of the world, Paul imparted pivotal wisdom to the Philippians: “Let this mind be in you that also was in Christ Jesus.” Jesus had long prior rebuked Peter because of his short-sighted thinking: “You are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
The Standard to Process Reality
This distinctive thinking marks the foundation, being the distinguishing characteristic of the prophets and heroes of faith: the alignment of their mind-sets and priorities with God’s. Yet sadly, until recently in today’s world, those considered the masters in terms of being culture-shapers, most would agree as being voices from politics and the media.
However, since God has had a people, the defining factor between people of God and people of the world has been the influence in shaping the culture. The essence of Kingdom culture being that its uniqueness results from a cooperative effort between God and those known by His Name. The mandate of Jesus has a starting point of “You’ll be in the world, but not of the world.” Yet, the moral standard is not the goal, but a fruit of the cultural priorities being shaped by God. The religious practices of the people is not the goal but rather the means of becoming aligned with God’s thoughts and priorities. These are demarcation points from which “more” is required.
The cultural framework is what should establish the identity and standard embraced by a people. It is from the culture that the power to prosper and protect society holds residence. A culture with God at the center and the people praying, hearing and walking in the authority from hearing and obeying.
The Priorities and Power for Change
So it is, when the authority and prayers of God’s people amasses to dispel darkness and change begins, God’s power is released. Isaiah presciently discerned that with the release of His power, that Light will disperse long-term embedded evil. It is the momentum and movement we are witnessing underway around the earth today.
“Arise, shine for the Light has come and glory of the Lord has arisen upon you. For darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples, but the Lord will arise over you and His glory will be seen upon you.” Isaiah 60:1-2
Since May of this year and during the month of July I’ve been overseas, in Israel and Vietnam where I’ve spent significant time in years past imparting and investing my Kingdom message, the message of the influence of Joseph and Daniel and of God’s economy to foster change. Strategies of change.
Together with the momentum and movements underway across the globe, my reflections from these recent collaborations with key players in these key nations is that there is a groundswell of the birthing underway from on-High.
An advancing pregnancy leading to God’s people becoming increasingly united in prayer reflecting a Kingdom-impact at the cultural level.
The Unusual Impact at the Hands of a Remnant
From the times of Enoch, Noah and Abraham, the Lord has done remarkable things through the hands of a remnant. Unusual things to preserve and give relevance to Kingdom culture. Seeds sown to produce a movement within the culture.
Even when faced with the embedded evil represented in the culture that overwhelmed his nephew Lot, what arose with Abraham was a righteous remnant aligned with God that set in motion the strategy …. providing the sufficiency for the Lord to turn the tide to actuate change.
This strategy of change was the Lord’s underlying instruction and seed to sow in Jeremiah’s obedience: “You are my battleaxe and weapon of war. Through you I will break nations in pieces. Through you I will destroy kingdoms and strongholds.” Then with his remnant doing their part, the Lord concluded His instruction with: “And I will repay Babylon and Chaldea.”
When the birthing of a movement within the culture takes root in manifesting, the dynamic foreseen by Isaiah of
“arise, shine” is accompanied with His glory. It is then that embedded evil is subjected to being scattered and dispersed. It suggests the disruption of the “birth pangs” described by Jesus in Matthew 24.
Yet, the end-result is best understood as Daniel discerned and interpreted the dream of Nebuchadnezzar: a stone cut out without hands struck the image of worldly powers on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces, decimating the foundational powers, with the wind dispersing them until the stone became a great mountain, filling the whole earth.
What Daniel foresaw was more than a cultural reshaping, but a momentous transformation of reality. It reflects the enormous potential residing in a movement, which so often is set in motion by a remnant.
While in Israel, I was honored to participate in a neighborhood prayer meeting; sensing the significance of its impact along with those of others who regularly gather to pray. These are those creating the groundswell; whose faith has been storming the gates and reaching for the birthing and change of such a movement within the soul of Israel.
It is not unlike the home-church movement that against all odds has reshaped the course of Vietnam to now have alliances with Israel and strong, influential believers ensconced in the highest levels of its national infrastructures.
Catching the Glimmers
There is indeed a momentum gaining in this process of birthing that is underway across the earth.
It is not without significance with these movements …. and the potential represented by the simplicity of obedience of believers in embracing their part in praying and reaching for more ….. that I’ve been drawn to better understand the gift of giving and its part in this equation.
Following this thread, I’ve been reminded of the models, the “shifts of resources” that have been used to undermine embedded evil and corruption at the cultural level. Models in which God used ones like Joseph the Patriarch to harness worldly resources to stave off the impact of judgment and tribulation and release redemption.
The birthing currently underway ties into the simplicity of agendas triggering a sovereign transfer of resources. It’s not unrelated to the timing in my reconnecting in Israel and Vietnam ….and their alliances, together with making deeper inroads in terms of alliances in sub-Saharan Afrika. In each case, these alignments represent a process that has been many years in taking root.
All toward the tapestry of alliances on a global-scale …. that knit righteous remnants with the persecuted and the oppressed in the movements and birthing in support of the restoration of Israel. Unusual but evident in this process is this dynamic of sowing, not unlike the time that God instructed Isaac to sow during a time of famine.
What has distinguished the Vietnamese since losing their freedom in 1975 … and the eventual scattering of darkness across the land has been their resilience in discerning the glimmers needed to reach for the Light. Amazing faith has been demonstrated in their over-arching resilience to continually reach higher; to pray for their leaders and for ones with very different cultural backgrounds; as believers in the North and South have united in their support of one another.
The deep darkness they faced after 1975 was not unlike that foreseen by Isaiah. Economically, it had a severe impact not only on the South, but the North, as evidenced in 70 percent of the boat people being those fleeing the North. Yet the purity of the prayers from village to village, as well as from high-levels in their society eventually resulted in a series of significant spiritual awakenings and persecution-related policy-changes enhancing the movement that is still underway.
While there has always been a deep love in drawing me to work with and keep returning to Vietnam, there’s something about the “reach” of these people who live on the cusp of miracles …..whose purpose in life is so tied to the Lord and His Kingdom, that it overshadows everything else. It taps the roots of building and restoration discerned by Isaiah (in chapter 58).
Evidence of Movements Dispersing Embedded Evil
When the birthing of a movement within a culture sinks its roots, the result will be building and restoration. With it will come the dispersing of embedded evil. It is accompanied by the role of key game-changers, like Joseph and Daniel, ones with princely anointings.
In the short period of my most recent overseas visit, I witnessed unusual alliances that deeply penetrated bastions of embedded evil: rescue efforts from human trafficking; a Christian brand of the “Ronald McDonald’s House” program sending ripples of hope and prayer to families with kids needing critical surgeries; communities uniting to strengthen the faith of their youth; leaders putting their own safety at risk in standing against increases in persecution against high-profile leaders; generational legacies that are enhancing the movement; sensitive mentoring among leaders in need of fresh vision and restoration.
The Significance of Sowing in Bringing Change
As such movements gain momentum, there will come the intentional focus of an increase in sowing. The sowing of Light; the sowing of righteousness; the sowing of upright voices; the sowing that births agendas that foster positive cultural change …. sowing that yields building and restoration and the momentums of movements.
It is the level of sowing described by Amos (9:13) as being a time when the sower overtakes the reaper ….denoting a
continuum in the process underway.
A time when unusual resources are made available to the righteous, especially those prepared with princely anointings for cultural-level, national alignments and shakings. For unlocking prisons of darkness, deep darkness as well as furthering the movements rather than fostering institutional hierarchies.
It embraces prophecies made by this ministry in the 90s that point to days in which great alliances harness resources providing refuge during times of turbulence. A time when those prepared with the GIFT of giving are released to do exploits considered supernatural and strategic.
“Just as in the days of Joseph and Daniel, God will bring out mighty works at your hand. As you are led into the midst of the world, kings, rulers, leaders will be converted and humbled. You’ll work beside them and your counsel will be heeded for their good.”
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Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner of the Joseph-calling and God’s economy message, being an international voice for the higher dimensions of spiritual game-changers and intercessors since the mid-90s. As founder of Global Initiatives Foundation, the Strategic Intercession Global Network [SIGN] and designer of the God’s Economy Entrepreneurial Equippers Program and the Jewish Business Secrets YouTube series, Mr. Ruddick’s messages equip leaders and economic community builders with strategy where God’s light is dim in diverse regions around the globe.
He is author of “The Joseph-Daniel Calling;” “Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;” “The Heart of a King;” “Something More;” “Righteous Power in a Corrupt World;” “Leadership by Anointing;” and “Mantle of Fire,” which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders with destinies to impact their communities. They are available in print and e-versions from www.Amazon.com, www.apple.com/ibooks and www.BarnesandNoble.com.
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