There was no nonsense when it came to dealing with enemies, or those who were evil.”
–Louis L’Amour (The Lonely Men)
“For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.”
–Isaiah 62:1 (NKJV)
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Do you feel panicked by the darkness of our culture? Is it beginning to overwhelm you? It seems that Christians, in these times, are more fearful than faithful. We need to be calm, rest in that calm assurance of the Lord. There are many out there groping in the dark for answers; it is not becoming that Christians join in with them when we have the “Light” to guide our way. This Monday morning we look at the first part of Psalm 72.
1 — Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 — He will judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor with justice.
3 — The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 — He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
5 — They shall fear You as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 — He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth.
7 — In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. (NKJV)
Notice how many times righteous or righteousness is mentioned in the Scriptures above. Righteousness is the doing of what is right. But how is “right” determined? Is it relative or absolute? Our culture today is saying that there is no absolute right or wrong; it is all relative and up to the individual. How wrong they are! (and that is an absolute)
Who, today, determines what is right? The government, the court system, the individual–no, it has already been determined. God’s holy law is written within the hearts of man. Sure he can disregard it, to his own peril and that of those near him. Society will suffer when it is decided that they will go away and against God’s declared moral laws.
Culture/society will break down when it moves away from the righteous standards of the Almighty God. However, that is what the postmodernists (the woke culture) wants to happen–the deconstruction of moral standards.
George Wood states, “Any branch of government losing this perspective [the standards of God’s moral laws] descends into the quicksand of moral relativity and ethical chaos.” Of course, chaos is the great cleanser according to Nietzsche. Break everything down, do away with God and His laws, start over again with the new, enlightened woke society. To do that the refreshing of the Holy Spirit will leave the nation. And to think of that is frightful. We already have a taste of inadequacy when man tries to establish his own laws contrary to what God has set.
Stay calm…never forget–God is still in control. No matter what man might try to do, he cannot thwart God’s purposes.
“Hail to the Lord’s Anointed,
Great David’s greater Son!
Hail in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.”
–James Montgomery