The End of the Story

I haven't told you lately, but we still have Tuesday morning prayer and fasting here with Extreme. We know that prayer is powerful and necessary to do this work.


And last Tuesday morning, we specifically prayed for God to be preparing the church plant sites, preparing the land, preparing the people's hearts.


And I CAN NOT WAIT to start our work in Cusco. 


And that city is a dark place with generations of chains binding hearts and keeping them from the Truth that is Jesus Christ. It is obvious when you walk through Cusco that there is a spiritual darkness there, and we know the battle is tough.


We also know that our God is tougher. That the ones who are with us are stronger than the ones against us. That even the darkness will not be dark to our God.


But I read something in Isaiah the other day that reminded me of Cusco:


"O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only. They [the former tyrant masters] are dead, they shall not live and reappear; they are powerless ghosts, they shall not rise and come back. Therefore You have visited and made an end of them and caused every memory of them [every trace of their supremacy] to perish." (Isaiah 26:13-14)


Cusco is a place steeped in Incan tradition. I mean, you've heard of Machu Pichu, right? And they have served the Incan gods for so long that they are pretty much slaves to it. Even the Catholic people have Incan beliefs mixed in.


But that is not the end of the story in Cusco.


Because God's name will be proclaimed there. And Cusco will turn from their former masters and serve ONLY the one true God. The Incan gods will be DEAD, and they will NOT come back. God's word, God's name, and God's truth will REMAIN!