Why is our world in such a mess?

Basically it’s because it is run by people.  Yes every one of use is flawed, we are sinners who have a selfish bias.  Every one of use is saying inside, “I want.”  Now I believe our politicians start out wanting to do the best for our countries, but somewhere along the line they discover if they go a certain way, maybe not the way they had intended, they will get perks which would be rather nice to have and so they just veer a tiny little bit off the track they had meant to follow.  I do not know much about he, but I believe Joy Cox who was murdered on the streets of her town, is an example of a young women, setting out to do good for her constituents. Sadly we will never know if she would have continued in this way, but I will give her the benefit of doubt.  Many politicians work long hours and hard to serve the country. But there is always the lure of obtaining more power or money.  In recent years we had the scandal of M.Ps claiming for expences they were not entitled to.

  To turn to other more extreme reasons for the mess in our world let us look at armaments.  Who is supplying armaments to Syria or Saudi Arabia.  The makers of tanks and bombs have a huge interest in wars continuing around the world.  I guess we have makers of these things in the U.K. but I could tell you very little about where they are.  No doubt the bosses of these establishments are living the high life on their proceeds.  No doubt they say to themselves, “There will always be wars so I might as well have the benefit.”

  I’m not particularly getting at the makers of armaments.  The big problem is that we are all tainted by sin and find it very easy to convince ourselves that the wrong things we do don’t matter.  So what hope is there for the world? This world is heading for disaster.  The Bible says it will be burnt up. (Nothing to do with Global Warming!) One day, maybe soon Gad is going to finally sort out all the problems.  Those who reject him will be cast into Hell.  But for those who will listen to His voice and put their trust in Jesus there is a promise of heaven.  What does “trust in Jesus mean?”  If you were in a really bad fire and upstairs and a fireman came to rescue you, you would just lie calm and still in his arms and we so glad he had rescued you.  You wouldn’t be struggling to get your feet on the ladder and say, “Let me help myself.” When we come to Jesus we need to realize that only He can save us from God’s wrath; there is nothing we can do ourselves. I pray you will find this solution to all life’s problems.