What
keeps a person steady through the upheavals of the world? Though the
mountains may quake, the storms rage, and the floods devastate, the challenge
that we have is to keep everything in proper perspective. Our perspective
is our point of view. According to Ephesians
2, God has seated us in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus. We must view the world from the viewpoint of
our heavenly perspective. We must learn to respond in the same way that
Jesus would respond. In the midst of the chaos and confusion of this world
where people call evil good and good evil, what would Jesus think, say, and
do? The sons of Issachar understood their times and knew what Israel had
to do because they lived by God’s Word. We likewise must keep our
perspective from the Word of God. Our opportunity is to set our affection on things above and not on the things of this world
and to create an environment where men and women can enter into the presence of
our loving Heavenly Father
How did we get to the point that America no longer identifies itself as a "Christian nation?" Like the frog in the pot on the stove, the heat was gradually being turned up and we didn't notice it. The kettle is now on full boil and the popular and politically correct culture is unaware that our world has been turned upside down. When the nation forsakes God, He removes His hand of blessing from the land. God works in gradual events and also cataclysmic events. Either we will approach God on our knees voluntarily or He will bring eventually us to our knees through trials and tribulations.
How did we get to the point that America no longer identifies itself as a "Christian nation?" Like the frog in the pot on the stove, the heat was gradually being turned up and we didn't notice it. The kettle is now on full boil and the popular and politically correct culture is unaware that our world has been turned upside down. When the nation forsakes God, He removes His hand of blessing from the land. God works in gradual events and also cataclysmic events. Either we will approach God on our knees voluntarily or He will bring eventually us to our knees through trials and tribulations.
Romans
14:11 “As I live,
says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to
God.”
Let's continue Micheal's message tomorrow on the next post.
In Christ, Brian
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