Philippians 4:4-8 “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
A little over a week ago, I met up with a group of old High School classmates. It was a great afternoon of catching up with friends, reminiscing on our lives after our school days and talking about the times today compared to now. It was agreed that our society and the culture was in moral decline and the nation was experiencing the affects in increasingly negative results.
One major observation was that people today have thin skin and feel depressed far more than they should. The least little thing would invoke immediate emotional feelings of being deprived, or offended, insulted and hurt leading to great sadness. Back fifty to sixty years ago, none of us were like this, and cannot believe that the latter generations have evolve to this victims mentality. The decline in biblical illiteracy, Scriptural knowledge, godly ethics, morals and values in a downhill trajectory into existential secular humanism plays a great in this deterioration of the culture because the healthy boundaries have been crossed and ignored. We are astonished at the state of depravity, arrogance, pride and the associated unhappiness from looking in all the wrong persons, places and things. Whatever. Get over it and pursue God.
The Apostle Paul say it right: Be anxious for nothing. Have the peace of God. The God-rejecting materialistic world is constantly running after happiness and missing joy, Guard your hearts and minds against the “Rat Race”, “Keeping up with the Jones”, and getting what you want, when you want, where you what, with whoever you what. Think about whatever is true, noble, good, pure, beautiful and lovely; that which is virtuous and praiseworthy in the eyes of the Lord. True happiness and joy is found there. Then you can rejoice.
In God We Trust,
in Christ, Brian
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