A meditation…
I’ve been thinking, meditating, musing, deliberating, contemplating, dwelling, weighing, considering, pondering, reflecting, and ruminating…on the state of our current affairs on a world-wide basis….
Never before in my 51+ years have I been so acutely aware of the bankruptcy and depravity of mankind.
• Sin’s unyielding grip
• Many living lives of quiet desperation
• Man’s inability to solve the many colossal challenges we face
• Hate crimes going rampant
• Human trafficking
• Pain and suffering
• The randomness and acceptance of mediocrity
• The growing sense of entitlement
• The obvious lack and void of true leadership
• Injury
• Illness
• Accidents
• Sickness
• Disease
The enemy is doing a pretty good job, isn’t he….?
The world lacks direction and is in abundant disarray. I liken it to every religion and ideology being put into a blender and hitting the puree button. There’s utter confusion surrounding the enormous issues of our day…
Now, before you think that I am judging others…never before, as I look in the mirror, have I been so acutely aware of…my own depravity.
When I look deeply into my own heart…what do I see…? I see the very issues that I observe in others…and my own deep sense of need and desperation…
I find myself longing for Jesus to return…. I have had enough of a sinful and depraved generation…of which I, in my sinfulness, am a willing accomplice…
I am so ready for a New Heaven and a New Earth.
We are in desperate need of God’s grace, intervention and mercy.
Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.