Confusion and troubles ravage our society. Like a rat infested ship,
we are being ruthlessly tossed on an angry sea by our own sin. The
peaceful
friendly shore is in sight, but instead of moving toward it we are
moving
further to sea. We have lost all sense of direction. The furious waves
are of our own making, and moving away from the stable shore has been
our
own choice. We have followed, and continue to follow the wrong advice.
As long as we look to politics for answers to the problems in which we
have become mired, we will find no answers. Electing new political
leaders or
reelecting the current ones will neither get the rats off the ship,
calm
the waves, nor bring us to a happy shore.
Our economic woes are the fallout of years of selfish materialism,
greed,
and sloth. The hideous crimes we see today are but the fruit of a
nation
that has lost its moral fiber. But a nation does not become greedy, the
individual does. A society does not become immoral, the individuals do.
A culture does not lose its sense of values, its people do. If we are
to
rescue our ship of state, we must rescue it one person at a time.
The consecrated Christian holds the answer for our troubled society.
That believer cannot calm the sea, but he can stand on the firm Rock of
Ages and pull struggling, sinking people to shore. The Bible word for
this
rescue is "saved." Only as individuals come to a knowledge
of and love for Jesus Christ, will they seek to please Him. When they
seek
to please Him they will become like Him. When they become like Him they
cast from their lives the evils that are destroying our society. When
enough
lives exchange those evils for Biblical values our society will change.
Then we will become productive and conscious of needs other than our
own.
Then justice and goodness will again rule in our land.
Political agendas and social gospels have not achieved the Utopias they have sought. They never can. Only when we who know Christ become obsessed with fulfilling the great commission fully, is there hope for a better society. A better society will come when there are better people, and better people come only through the new birth. This is all a byproduct of salvation from sin through the shed blood of Christ. Dear friends, let us be the ones who stand firmly on the Rock of Ages and pull struggling sinners to the safe haven of Christ's shed blood. In this election year, let us elect to persuade people to be saved. "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."