The Crucified Church: Called to Battle for Such a Time as This

There is a quiet place where the noise of the world finally falls away. It is there, in solitude and silence, that I find myself listening more carefully to what the Holy Spirit is saying.

And I believe the Church that has been crucified with Christ is being called to stand in this hour.

For such a time as this.

We are not a Church that has lost the war. We belong to Christ, and Scripture tells us something very different about who we are.

Paul said:

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20, NKJV).

That is the place from which we are called to live. Dead to the applause of the world. Dead to the fear of man. Dead to the part of ourselves that wants to remain in control.

Alive to Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave Himself for us.

But being crucified with Christ does not mean we retreat from the world around us. There is still work to be done.

Esther was told that perhaps she had come to the kingdom “for such a time as this.” I find myself thinking about those words as I look at the Church in America today.

There is a lot happening around us. Things that once seemed solid are being shaken. There is division, confusion, and darkness. But none of this changes who God is or what He can do through His people.

Our founding fathers were certainly not perfect men. But many of them openly acknowledged Providence, prayed, sought wisdom from Scripture, and understood that liberty required a people capable of governing themselves.

They also created a form of government in which people could freely proclaim the gospel and freely gather to worship God. I don't believe we should take that freedom lightly.

America has been used to send missionaries, Bibles, resources, and the message of Jesus Christ throughout the world. Whatever happens in the years ahead, I pray we never lose sight of that privilege and responsibility.

But our hope cannot ultimately rest in government. And revival will not begin in Washington.

It begins with God's people.

It begins in the secret place.

It begins when ordinary men and women get alone with God, surrender themselves again, pray for their families and communities, open the Scriptures, listen to the Holy Spirit, and refuse to allow the light of the gospel to go out in their generation.

That is the battle I believe the Church is being called to fight. Not with the weapons of the flesh. Not through anger. Not through fear.

But through prayer, truth, courage, obedience, and lives that actually reflect the Jesus we proclaim.

The harvest still belongs to the Lord. And the God who has answered the prayers of generations before us still hears the prayers of His people today.

So my prayer is that the Church would take her place.

Dead to self. Alive to Christ.

Praying for awakening. Standing for truth.

And trusting God with what comes next.

Maybe, like Esther, we are here for such a time as this.