The world seems hopelessly stuck in a never-ending spin cycle of furious outrage. Hardly a corner of the planet remains untouched by offence, hostility, or strife.
Passions boil over political conflict, distorted sexual norms, woke ideologies, church scandals, corruption, betrayal, persecution, conspiracy theories—the list is endless. The very foundations of society are being swallowed by quicksand at warp speed.
On one hand, we should not be surprised. This is, after all, the elemental spirit of the age—the work of the “ruler of the power of the air,” who enjoys wide dominion over the present world.
On the other hand, it is astonishing that the church has allowed these same spirits to infiltrate her own house instead of countering their onslaught and pushing them back.
Scripture warns us that in the Last Days, Satan’s minions will be working overtime to unleash chaos and deception in the world. The church will not be exempt from their diabolical strategies, nor immune to their counterfeit doctrines either.
So how has the global church been faring?
In some places, she has dimmed her light, hidden it under a bed, and fallen asleep. In others, she has turned inward, devouring her own. Yet in certain corners of the world, she is crying out for revival, pleading for a fresh release of the Holy Spirit.
The Body of Christ is as diverse as she is divided—her desires and destinies fragmented across the nations.
But this raises a crucial question: How can we obey the apostle Paul’s charge to “be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Eph. 4:3) or his plea that “there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10)?
The answer lies here: God Himself is both a sifter and a divider.
“He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.” (Matt 3:12)
From the beginning of time, God called out a peculiar people to be His own light-bearers, truth-declarers, and Kingdom-ambassadors.
But somewhere down the line, the church’s light began dimming and her witness became diluted into a fog of hazy compromise.
Why? Because she chose to synchronize herself with the spirit of the world, both politically and spiritually, in pursuit of earthly influence and control.
The gap between the church that Jesus is building, and the church that man has been architecting, has been widening into a dangerous chasm.
Paul put it plainly: “For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” (1 Cor. 11:19)
Division, then, is not always the enemy of unity. Sometimes it is the instrument God uses to expose what is false, refine what is true, and distinguish the genuine from the counterfeit.
The church clad in the carcass of a decaying culture is of no use to the advancing Kingdom of God.
But heaven is even now clothing a Remnant with light, love, holiness, purity, and the fear of the Lord.
She is being prepared as a dwelling place for the King of Glory—a church radiant, uncompromised, and aflame with His presence.
This is now the hour for the church, and for each of us personally, to decide which garment we will wear.
Will we remain clothed in the fickle fashions of this world, or will we put on the robe of righteousness and the garment of love that Christ has prepared for His bride?
God is dividing, sifting, and refining even now. The shaking is not meant to destroy, but to reveal—and may the mercy of God reveal to us which spirit we have knowingly, or unknowingly, yielded to.
This is an urgent invitation for us to choose to be counted among the remnant who walk in holiness and truth, who burn with undivided devotion and love, and who fear the Lord more than they crave the approval of men.
For in the end, the division that matters most is not between nations, families, denominations, or ideologies—it is between those who truly belong to Christ and those who do not.
On Judgment Day we will stand alone before the Judge to give an account of our own personal choices and decisions.
Did we live aligned with the Truth of God’s Word or were we “tossed to and fro, blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming”? (Eph. 4:14). And, most importantly, did our lives exemplify the loving kindness and mercy of Jesus in a world that thrives on hatred and anger?
Perhaps now is the time to examine our hearts and make absolutely sure that we are standing on the correct side of the Divine Divide.
For the line is drawn—and the time for straddling the fence is over.