Some days it seems we live in a world of hopelessness. We, as a country, are in the middle of two full blown wars, we are on the brink of economic disaster, we do no have leadership to claim ownership over the disarray, and we are all like spoiled children bickering amongst ourselves because we didn't get the best toy.
We live in a nation which has been one of the most blessed in all of history. We have won nearly every war we have ever entered. We have prospered each generation better than the one before it. We have made developed some of the greatest inventions known in modern history. We have set the standard for freedom around the world. And yet, we are allowing this prosperity - these blessings from God - to wither in the face of apathy and entitlement.
God has richly blessed us and because of the blessings and as such we are required to give back.
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. (Luke 12:48b)
We have been blessed with so much as Americans. In many ways we are like the ancient Israelites who turned from God when times were good. We have become apathetic in our faith - choosing our religion from a smorgasbord rather than through a heart felt devotion. We have decided to put things and our own selves in front of God, in the name of religious freedom. The Israelites of Judah did this too, and God took His favor off of them and allowed their exile for years in Babylon. He was disciplining a fallen people - a people who cared more about themselves and their idols than about the God Who had saved them.
But He still loved them - and He gave them hope...
God told them, "I've never quit loving you and never will.
Expect love, love, and more love! (Jeremiah 31:4 - MSG)
Expect love, love, and more love! (Jeremiah 31:4 - MSG)
And God feels the same way about us. He will never quit loving us - even though we will need discipline - He will never quit loving us. Love is what God wants to shower on us - but our culture turns its collective nose up at God's love.
Our duty as Christians, as ones to whom much has been given, is to go into our communities and share the love that God has given us. A transformation can take place. It isn't too late for our country - if we focus on the love, on our love for others, rather than our love for self - God will move in mighty ways in this place.
The world doesn't change over night; The world changes when one small whisper is joined by another small whisper and another until each one builds on the other and raises from a whisper to a shout to a scream. All it takes is one small voice to start.
Will you be the voice?
Scripture:
Quote of the Day
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what
you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what
America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
John F. Kennedy
...What can you do for God today to make this country, this state, this town, more Christ centered?
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