If there is one thing that brings
out the worst in people it is an election year and social issues. It seems like we are constantly being
bombarded with some cause, some reason to unite and rally against or for
something. It is hard to find an
automobile that doesn’t take some stand with its bumper sticker or ribbon
magnet. And we can hardly turn on the television without seeing some law-firm
telling us we may be entitled. Proponents incite us with their rhetoric, we are
urged to RISE UP and either be loud or be generous, or both, till this wrong is
righted. With 2012 being an election
year in the United States, countless groups are lobbying to make sure their
concerns are taken seriously by each candidate, as they demand to know his
solution for their plight?
How should the believer respond
in the midst of all this? First of all
we must ask what fellowship does light have with darkness. Can corruption possibly spawn
incorruption? Are we to look to the
world or any man to meet our needs? As
we have seen in prior posts, we wrestle not against flesh, because our needs
are not fleshly! Every issue we face, in
this realm comes from the fact that there is a corrupt system in operation
which opposes the truth of Christ’s kingdom.
No matter what label man assigns to the problem, the correct plan of
action for the believer will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER change; our solution lies
in the wisdom of God.
It saddens me most when I see
believers caught up in the throes of some fleshly movement. Wearing some placard, chanting some mantra,
pointing fingers, making demands. These
issues are real, but the banter is nothing more than a tactic the devil uses to
distract and divide. A believer has no
business touting any label other than “RIGHTEOUS”. Your identity is not in your flesh your
identity is in Christ! Labels like “Conservative”, Progressive”, “Minority”,
“Baby Boomer”, “Flood Victim”, “Unemployed”, “Male”, “Female”, “The 99%”. You are not oppressed, not a victim and you
have no other cause than the cause of Christ.
Man does not have your answer, government does not have your answer and
there is no amount of money that will solve your problem.
Only the Gospel; the message of the
accomplished mission of Christ, has the power to save mankind. God has placed the embodiment of His Son Jesus
Christ in us, the Church (the body of Christ) of which He is the head. God is beseeching the world through us “Be
reconciled to me!” (II Cor 5:20) We should stand out like stars against a dark
backdrop! Believers don’t seek the
world’s “wisdom”. Our Father is the only wise King; all that we
need is in Him. He has sent us forth to
be an influence in this world and He will remove every obstacle and meet every
need to accomplish His will and bring himself glory. The same power that raised Christ from the
dead is alive in us and He has given us the authority to wield it!
THIS is why it is IMPERITIVE in
these last days that we learn to live by faith.
God’s intent has always been that His people be a conspicuous anomaly
that defies logic. When the world
cannot find answers on its own, it should look to the Church and see a group of
people who have a seemingly endless supply for every demand. When there is tribulation and unrest, and
the world is gripped with fear, the Church should be standing at the ready to
receive instruction from her commander. Where
there is need, the wisdom of God provides supply. Where there is injustice, we seek His wisdom,
and prepare to act in defense of the weak.
When the Church learns to operate by faith, completely undaunted by the
chaos around her, she will see God move in miraculous unexplainable ways. What man could not accomplish with billions
of dollars, endless litigation, protests, riots and wars, God can accomplish
with one shepherd boy and a rock. Does
this sound far-fetched? This is the very
strategy by which Christ has always intended to lure the world to His grace,
THROUGH US! (Matt 5:13-16) But the church
has become anemic because far too many believers see themselves as flesh, their
problems as fleshly, and flesh as the answer to the problem.
God has purposed each of us for
an assignment, we are backed by His name (his authority) and all of Heaven is our
sponsor, to enable us to accomplish the task at hand. Why do we make statements like, “we are only
human” and “we are all in the same boat”?
WE ARE NOT! We are spirit, we should
talk, think and act nothing like the world!
We serve a God who saves, and He expects us to expect Him to save. Do we know the God we serve? We are His representatives! He does not ask us in our own power, with
limited resources, to save the world; He asks us to represent the One who
already has!
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