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"God Isn't Fixing This"
This was a headline in a New York City newspaper the day after a shooting in
California. The paper was mocking some people who are usually considered conservative.
Quotes such as "our prayers are with the victims and their families, or
"we pray that this does not happen again" is what was printed in the
paper. In the middle of these quotes was the headline: "God Isn't fixing
this". It upset a lot of conservatives and thrilled many liberals in our
country. You can just see the writers and editors of this paper are so anti-God
that this is their perception, and to them it is alright to mock those who claim
to believe in a loving God and are asking God for their protection.
The truth of the matter is that the headline is correct.
God is not going to fix the mess we are in because we got ourselves there. God
did not do this. This all came about because man has rejected God and told God
to get out of our lives so we can live how we want to live.
God gives every man free will to choose how he is going to live and what he
is going to do. God does not interfere in anyone's decision. However, we must
remind ourselves that God does play a part in the affairs of mankind in many
ways. While God may not interfere with our decisions, God has given us some
incentives and deterrents that we must consider. We know that the Bible reminds
us numerous times that we will all stand before the judgment seat of God and
be judged by the things we have done in our bodies and our minds.
While God will not fix the current problems, we do know that God has given us
the instruction manual that we can follow in order to fix the problems we have
created. The very first and foremost instruction is to love God with all we
have, and the second is to love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus taught that
every element in God's law is built upon love.
If you love someone you are not going to kill them. If you love someone you
are not going to harm them. If you love someone you are not going to think anything
bad about them. This is God's solution to all our problems. Every problem in
the world today is here because someone violated a law of God. Whether it be
hatred, bigotry, greed, theft, or even murder; every one of these is the result
of turning away from God's instructions.
It is strange to think that most people in this world want to get rid of God,
but still expect people to be godly towards others. That really does not make
any sense. Some have chosen to remove God and be willing to live or die with
the consequences. Our children killing each other in the streets; Our politicians
taking bribes; Our neighbors stealing our property; Our evangelical leaders
teaching and preaching lies. Where is all of this leading? A world void of God;
thus a world void of godly living people.
God has given mankind the solution of hatred and killing. God's word teaches
us to be kindly affectionate towards one-another. We are to love one another.
We are to care and lookout for one-another.
If we were to put our energy into following God's commands; our world would
become the utopia that mankind seeks. But until man turns to God and chooses
to serve our Creator, man will be nothing more than an animal with no thought
of another.
By Carey Scott
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