keep calm and carry on

"Keep Calm & Carry On."  This message 1st appeared in Great Britain as World War II began in 1939. The Ministry of Information was formed by the British Government as a department responsible for publicity and propaganda during the Second World War.  In late 1939 after the outbreak of the war, the MOI was appointed to design a number of morale boosting posters that would be displayed across the British Isles during the turbulent times that lay ahead offset panic & discouragement of the war.  The 3^rd slogan chosen was “ Keep calm and carry on”.

The slogan sounds British to me, for Brits are characterized as having an unemotional attitude, that “ stiff upper lip” sort of thing.

GOD called the Jews to come out of exile and go back to Jerusalem and build HIS temple. Therefore, they could claim: “We are the servants of the God of heaven & earth.” -Ezra 5:11  At first they had fantastic support for the LORD moved King Cyrus to command the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple and also supplied the funds for it.  But once in the ruins and building begun interference after interference came and their opponents did many things to frustrate their purpose.  Though it took a long time, reinforcement eventually came when a plan of their enemies backfired and King Darius issued a decree that allowed them to finish the work and even supplied to them what was needed. See Ezra 1 through 6

When GOD calls you and me to do something, you and I can also claim: “We are the servants of the God of heaven & earth”. But when (not if) all of a sudden we run into obstacles, roadblocks, and delays, let’s remember that the enemy only fights against what he is afraid of. Talk to JESUS about what’s happening and then as the British would say, “Keep calm and carry on.”   GOD's Holy SPIRIT will give power to our witness and to our work.

Hugs

Sharon