Woke up praying and thinking about Romans this morning! Basically I've done lots of spiritual mapping and very much there is always this whole things about the control of the Roman empire on our land and then the control of the church of Rome on our land and the aftermath of all that, leading very much to a spirit of control. And very much in whatever you read, be it on spiritual matters to fiction books Rome is seen as the bad guy, wanting total control, who walks across the land and stamps out the indigenous cultures and uniforms them.
We live in an area that actually welcomed the Romans over. They were trading with the Romans before they invaded and actually appear to have given them a foothold in England. There is a swath of land that had Roman style villas dated before 33AD when Roman came a conquered and settled.
So what sort of things should we be praying when we see the control in this land but know that it welcomed in the control of the Romans? a area where the whole idea of organised life was clearly welcomed, even maybe happening beforehand.
We will keep praying and see what God leads us to but it would be interesting to know what it was the led the Romans and the church of Rome to want to control others in the first place.
Or really is everyone like that, likes to know how things go, keeps away from letting everyone have total freedom, just in case they lose their position, their place of being. How controlling are we all really?
Oooh that's a tricky one. I know there are times that I have to really watch the control. Often the desire to control is because I see the dangers ahead and want to protect or the feeling that I am right and the other person is wrong.
ReplyDeleteHere in Latvia it was the teutonic knights who took control with Rome's blessing when the heathen Lats and Livs would not convert, they wouldn't do it willingly so they were forced to convert - hardly what Jesus advocated.
Oh that makes for interesting spiritual ground.
ReplyDeleteWanting to protect is just so hard. I am being challenged on praying more and to check my faith in in Jesus not my own control