In my last post I got all political, but politics is not
what really interests me. Obviously what
the politicians do affects all of our lives but we need to remember it is our
eternal destiny that matters. The Bible
tells us that God put those in authority over us and we should pray for
them. They are there to reward good
people and punish the bad. Of course it
doesn’t always seem that way to us. I do
not believe in the divine right of kings.
Kings in the past have treated this as a licence to do as they
pleased. Those in authority will one day
have to stand before God and give an account of how they have ruled. Christians who have oppressive people in
power over them should still pray for them and trust God to make things right.
We forget how great our God is and that His ways are not our ways. His will is never thwarted for He turns awful
things out, to bring Him glory and brings His children to eventual complete
salvation. God of course deserves all glory.
He is totally wonderful. His
glory is not that of an Olympic runner, a short burst of adulation from the
crowds and a golden gong on the mantelpiece. God’s glory is from everlasting to
everlasting and totally deserved with no chance of the use of banned
substances. In these days of human celebrity we have lost sight of the wonder
and beauty and perfection that God is.
Wake up Christian your God is
mighty and majestic. Your enemies don’t stand
a chance. They may be winning the first battles but the war is already won in
Jesus Christ. The final victory is
already secure.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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