Has Life been hectic for anyone else? I’ve heard it said
that when it rains it pours, celebrity deaths comes in sets of three and
Murphy’s Law should be included in the laws of thermodynamics. I’ve been
working twenty-one days straight- 12 hour stints, if you factor in the drive
time and last night we had to rush to the emergency room, so I’m truly running
on near empty.
God didn’t actually promise a rose garden but what He did,
was actually cursed us with one. Now what I mean by that is, that while rose
bushes come with beautiful fragrant flowers, they still are covered with
thorns. Most of us have lived long enough to know that, while life can be full
of good time, there are still many hard times to go around. We have no problem protecting
our children when they are young from the realities that lurk out in life’s
shadows. However, when they turn eighteen we launch them into a pseudo- freedom
filled with car payments, insurance and a myriad of other bills.
As I have opportunities to talk to young people today, it is
disheartening to hear that many claim they don’t believe in God. The reason
they give is that the world is just too full of pain and suffering to believe
in an omnipotent being. They can’t fathom that an all loving creator would
leave them to flounder out in life’s troubled oceans. Even very young children
ask “why would God allow me to hurt myself if He loves me?”
With all the greed in the world, extreme poverty and low
wages it sometimes takes an entire month of work to pay our rent. It’s hard to see how paying $ 4.50 a gallon
for gasoline or $ 4.00 for a pound of peas will spur our economy. Do you
remember in the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz” where Dorothy, the Cowardly
Lion and the Tin Man discover that the image of the great powerful Wizard of Oz
is really a balding, old man standing behind a curtain manipulating the image
through mechanical controls?
I don’t know what I would do; I don’t know how I would cope
with this life if I did not believe in God. While the men behind the curtain
continue to be war mongers manipulating the world’s oil prices, food production
and corporate profits, it’s clear to me that our only hope for a future must
begin with the return of the King and
the restoration of God’s millennium kingdom, where Jesus Christ will rule and
reign with an iron scepter.
Our kids are our future. What are we leaving them with when
their only option for employment is flipping hamburger patties at In and Out
Burger? Does anyone else see a trend appearing when we stand helpless as mom
and pop businesses are replaced by larger corporate conglomerations? Take heart all you people! While the image of
the beast might appear frightening, it is only a counterfeit perpetuated by
manipulation of smoke and mirrors. The source of all this mayhem and social
carnage is a very old crafty spirit who has been described as an angel of light,
the lord of the flies or Satan.
So what do we do, you might be asking yourself as your blood
pressure rises. Just remember who is ultimately in control. Jesus Christ is in
control and the Father has given Him all power and authority. There is a day
coming when the man behind the curtain will be chained for a thousand years and
then ultimately thrown into hell for eternity.
On the other hand, all of us who have chosen to believe in
Jesus Christ will have a much different ending. In the book of Revelation 21:3-5,
it states this extremely uplifting promise “God Himself will be with them and
be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be
no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away”. Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold I
make all things new.”
Now if that was not enough, God finishes the book of
Revelation 22:17 with the greatest of all invitations: “And the Spirit and the
bride say ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say ’Come!’ And let him who thirsts
come. Whoever desires, let him take the waters of life freely.”
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