Today’s trend on earth is for mankind to profess we are absolutely right, not to confess God constantly absolves us of our many wrongs. Christians are called to be witnesses of God’s granted mercy when we plead guilty; but, instead, current populous testimony swears by the oath of not guilty of any wrong doing.
When our being rains, “I’m right” as our chosen weapon to surf the waves of worldly showers, God does not reign as our navigator, who forgives and delivers us from all our man made storms.
God is perfect. Man is not. Why is this so hard to accept and live by? What’s even worse, man, so often, rises up his right by calling down others’ wrongs. On many levels, wicked wars, not prolific peace, prevail. This brings me to wonder, is there a deeper “union” message hidden within the angels joining of two phrases – “peace on earth, good will toward men”? Once more, I hold no answers. God has not called me to be a know it all. Instead, He beckons me to ponder that “NO” is not the all.
If man continues the worldly power struggle to rise and govern by knocking down all others, he will, indeed, in the end stand alone – alone, without the providence of God.
Each and every one of us has a choice to make – knock others down or kneeling down to God and asking Him to lead as we stand behind Him, and His word, and follow.
To ultimately go forward to eternity in heaven, our lives must go back to Biblical, not political, direction. We have a leader to show us how to do this. Jesus Christ stands as the example of who and how we are called to be. “Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.” 1John 2:6 (NLT)
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 