The inspection came back. The young couple was so excited about this potential new house that they grabbed the report and began tackling the many items with great energy and resolve! “Ah. ‘Some mold.’ Ok. Who do we call? ‘Foundation cracks…. some crumbling… unstable’… Well, it’s an older home; that’s probably normal! We better get moving; there are a lot of things to do!”

And off they ran to the store to continue the furnishing, the decorating, the making of their first home. They had dreamed of it for many months, they knew exactly what colors, what fabrics, what theme they were going with… it was going to be beautiful.

The parents of the young couple listened, nodded slowly, and said, ‘Of course!’ when asked to watch the baby so they could go. Dad asked, ‘OK if I take a look at that Inspection report while you’re gone?’ ‘Sure, Dad!’ And off they went.

This was hard. It may even be heartbreaking. All the dreams and the decorating and the paint colors and plans… all of THAT was beautiful. All the ways to make this old ‘house’ a ‘home’…. there was just one problem. There may be no house left of which to make a home. The young couple is planning for next month and next year and birthday parties to come in this home, … but there may be no HOUSE left to host these future dreams.

It’s not that the young couple isn’t bright or intelligent! They are smart and gifted and responsible! It’s just that they have never done this before, nor heard those terms used before, or lived as many years as mom and dad to know what the implications of this ‘report’ could mean. The parents don’t fault the kids – it’s just a matter of experience, living a few more years, and having a few more gray hairs.

Gray Haired Ones! We have some work to do! Our kids are dreaming and planning and so excited about the futures they envision … but unless we older ones stand in the Gap, read the Inspections and the signs of the times, and take our place in God’s plan for OUR generation, there will be no house for our kids to even live in. Said differently: now is our time to get on our knees and pray for this nation and this world, for there are termites and spreaders of mold who want to destroy the very foundations of this nation and the nations of the world.

I’m not writing from a place of fear. Nor am I trying to be overly dramatic. Our Good Father is quite capable of restoring our foundation! The Great Architect who is the Almighty God of Heaven and Earth knows exactly how to rid this earthly home of the mold and the termites and the DEstructive forces of evil that want to see His good creation crumble and His plans fail.

This is where we with Gray Hair come in: He is calling us to wake up. Read the Inspection reports and know the times we are living in. He is asking us to get on our knees and CONTACT the Great Repairman, the Redeemer Himself, for He waits on us to ASK before coming to restore! We’ve got to put in the call! We have the wonderful privilege of knowing the One to whom nothing is impossible; the One who has called US to join HIM in His great Awakening and Revival and Restoration process!

“Behold! I am making all things new!” He has the plan! He has designed this to be a partnership between the Father and His adult sons & daughters who are managing this beautiful planet we call HOME; a co-laboring effort where we are His representatives on this earth, filled with His Spirit of power and authority in order to implement His good plans and heart’s desires here on the earth as it is in heaven. (see Luke 10:19)

It’s our time. There is a battle over our earthly home and our kids’ futures. It is not a battle with flesh and blood , but with the powers of the unseen world, the principalities of evil in the heavenly realms…. And the Father of us all has given us the exact weapons of warfare to WIN this battle on behalf of our kids: Jesus’ death and resurrection defeated the Enemy for all time and gave us access to all we need: Weapons of PRAYER. WORSHIP. THE WORD OF GOD ON OUR LIPS. DECLARATIONS AND DECREES from the throne room to unseat these evil invaders and commanding them to leave. AUTHORITY to take back this earthly house and bring it back under the Management of the Good Landowner and His children, who will rule and reign to bring good instead of evil, truth instead of lies, and love instead of hatred. Where God is back in charge, building takes the place of tearing down, life flourishes again, and the broken is made whole. That which was lost is saved, those who were hopeless look up with hope, and that which was crumbling in darkness begins to thrive in the LIGHT OF HIS WAYS, HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS PEOPLE ACTING ON HIS BEHALF.

Those with Gray Hair have been around long enough and seen enough inspection reports to understand the weightiness of the times. Let’s rally, Gray-Hairs! Let’s get on our knees and then take our stand against the de-construction of marriage, family, faith, and home. We are not just hanging on till heaven. We are to make God’s name known and honored, and then pray/declare His Kingdom come and His will be done TODAY on earth as it is in heaven. And when HE is in charge again, through His people, of the increase of His government and PEACE and restoration, there WILL BE NO END.

It is our time, Gray-Haired friends. Let’s wake up and take up our cross and our callings from our God. He has entrusted the care of His estate to us to love the world even as He does. The future generations – our kids and yours – depend upon it.