I heard the president on the radio
today; he said that he wants all Americans to help him pass his
resolve to the “Fiscal cliff”. Oh really? Because of him the
constitution is destroyed, the republic is ended, I'm considering
learning a foreign language and moving to a run down third world
country; and he wants MY help? I'm reminded of the Bible verse in
Proverbs 26:28, where it says “A lying tongue hateth those that are
afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin”. Not that I'm
taken in by it, but he lies about us working together, add that to
his boot already on my neck, I think he hates me.
Speaking of fiscal cliff, do you
really think this is an issue? My gut reaction is that the GOP will
cave, the only question is how badly. But it's the political side of
things, I just had what might be a reminder of what happens when
people practice politics rather than draw near to God.
When I do my Bible study, I first read
a list of subjects I'm interested in. They include things like cause
and effect, the evil of mediocrity, and taking matters into your own
hands.. Those are just several, there are a lot more. I also have a
note book and pen. When I see something interesting in the Bible
text, I make a note. The list of subjects helps me find more notes.
That one there about taking matters
into your own hands hasn't produced a lot of notes. That's not to say
the Bible doesn't talk about it much, just that I'm not being keen
enough to see it. Until now, the most obvious example is where Sarah
and Abraham used the servant to make offspring. That lineage has been
a difficulty to Abraham's descendants for a long time. Right now, I'm
at the end of Genesis 19. The two daughters of Lot have done their
deed, which gives rise to the Moabites and the Ammonites. They too
were a big difficulty for the Hebrews, for hundreds of years.
When Christians practice politics, are
we likewise taking matters into our own hands? I don't know that it's
all one or the other, but I wonder if weak Christian practices have
left us scrambling to save ground by means of politics instead of
God's blessing. Look how many things were started by Christians. Ivy
League Universities to promote Christian higher learning, public
schools to promote literacy for reading the Bible, and Seminaries
that are advocating homosexual ministers. All now enemies of God.
For the sake of accuracy, what made those three institutions
attractive to the adversary wasn't that they were started through
moral weakness; but that they were places of structure and authority,
which he wanted for tactical reasons. But isn't politics structural
and authoritative?
I'm not 100 percent sure of this, but
I think that the availability and consuming nature of secret sins
will keep the Church in America from making a comeback.; and is an
indicator of end times. Why would God bless a people who “honor Him
with their lips, but whose hearts are far from Him”? There was a
time when people could ban porn stores from the land, and regulate
television, but can the internet be regulated? As it is, maybe, but
the servers are all over the place, what's to stop some workaround
technology? The fact that anybody can publish on the internet has its
advantages, and I'm not one to quickly advocate government control of
a thing. I'm just contemplating our position in man's timeline.
Of course, if we are near the end,
then one wouldn't need be concerned about starting something which
will have long term negative consequences; but the point is not to be
distracted by that thing which seeks to save the land with little or
zero consideration of God. You only have so much time in the day, be
sure to draw near to Him by meditating on His word, let politics be
second place. Or third, or whatever. You might be spending a lot of
time with Him soon, best not to be a stranger.
