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“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your
great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” – Jeremiah 32:17
Look around you at the calamity, the pain, hurt and
depression around the globe. Watch the
news and see the devastation in countries far and wide – the wars, the economic
unrest, the hatred between people of different cultures and ethnicity. As you sit with your cup of coffee in the
morning and jump on Facebook or e-mail or read the morning paper, observe the
seriousness of the problems facing this global society. Now, look at our leaders in every nation,
political body, corporation and Province and ask yourself this one very basic
question:
“Do I trust that they know what they’re doing and will be able to pull us out of this mess?”
“Do I trust that they know what they’re doing and will be able to pull us out of this mess?”
You can’t sit on the sidelines and wait for someone to jump
in and “save” us all from the downward spiral we have started on. This is not the time to sit back and
observe. Your life today is not the same
as it was 5 years ago, 10 years ago or 20 for that matter. The world has changed dramatically, not
because of any one event, but a culmination of things that when connected over
a period of 20 years have brought us to a point of apathy and self
preservation. We look out for ourselves
and hope that someone else is looking out for the world’s issues. We hear the news, but don’t react. The unbelievable economic melt down on a
global basis has never been so prominent at the same time before. It’s not an American problem, Greece problem,
China problem, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan,
Korea, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya or Israel problem. The problems are extremely complex and impact
all of us as our lives are so intertwined and connected in this 21st
century world. The reality is that the
smartest men in the smartest business schools and the wisest of the wise don’t
have answers this time around. If you pull a piece of thread in one country to
solve the problem there, it is unraveling a dependency 5000 miles away in
another country, which in turn reacts and begins a domino effect across the
globe.
I no longer trust in man to solve these problems. Presidents, Prime Ministers, Dictators, Generals, Parliament, Congress, PhD’s and Professors and so on are not consistently cognizant of the ever present sovereignty of God Almighty and His plan for this world. I don’t have answers or even an inkling of understanding of the idiosyncrasies and dependencies of how we are woven together on a global scale. What I do have though is a faith in God above that He knows it all. He is sovereign and in His own way knows exactly how everything is connected in His overall plan. I do believe He has a plan, and perhaps that plan, as it was in many Old Testament references, is to allow us to reach the point of destruction and devastation that we will turn back to Him. As long as our leaders continue to try and solve these global problems independent of the Lord’s will, calamity and strife will continue to escalate.
If you are waiting for someone to step up and save this world with their brilliance, knowledge and charm; I believe you will be waiting a very long time, and should be highly skeptical of the person you are putting your faith in. God knows what is going on, and will bring an end to the pain and suffering in due time. Perhaps it is near the end, or perhaps it is another clearing of the chaff as He has done in the past; but I trust that He is the only answer in today’s world. I am not depressed nor dismayed by today’s problems. I am concerned and heartbroken that our leaders are not turning to God for answers though. There seems to be so much confusion between our leaders in regards to God that there is little ground for coming together as one body. You and I on the other hand represent a much larger body of believers and with the strength, grace, love and sovereignty of God almighty we can come together and stand up for righteousness, justice and His eternal plan of salvation in today’s world. These problems don’t fix themselves, it takes participation from the people with a passion for seeing it through.
I no longer trust in man to solve these problems. Presidents, Prime Ministers, Dictators, Generals, Parliament, Congress, PhD’s and Professors and so on are not consistently cognizant of the ever present sovereignty of God Almighty and His plan for this world. I don’t have answers or even an inkling of understanding of the idiosyncrasies and dependencies of how we are woven together on a global scale. What I do have though is a faith in God above that He knows it all. He is sovereign and in His own way knows exactly how everything is connected in His overall plan. I do believe He has a plan, and perhaps that plan, as it was in many Old Testament references, is to allow us to reach the point of destruction and devastation that we will turn back to Him. As long as our leaders continue to try and solve these global problems independent of the Lord’s will, calamity and strife will continue to escalate.
If you are waiting for someone to step up and save this world with their brilliance, knowledge and charm; I believe you will be waiting a very long time, and should be highly skeptical of the person you are putting your faith in. God knows what is going on, and will bring an end to the pain and suffering in due time. Perhaps it is near the end, or perhaps it is another clearing of the chaff as He has done in the past; but I trust that He is the only answer in today’s world. I am not depressed nor dismayed by today’s problems. I am concerned and heartbroken that our leaders are not turning to God for answers though. There seems to be so much confusion between our leaders in regards to God that there is little ground for coming together as one body. You and I on the other hand represent a much larger body of believers and with the strength, grace, love and sovereignty of God almighty we can come together and stand up for righteousness, justice and His eternal plan of salvation in today’s world. These problems don’t fix themselves, it takes participation from the people with a passion for seeing it through.
