It is time to stop compartmentalizing life, putting God and church
here, government there, work over here, sports and clubs somewhere else, and so
on.
We need Jesus in our public square.
We need God and his truths and commands and guidance everywhere in our
lives. We need people who truly know the
Lord to speak up on issues and to speak out whenever groups and government leaders
and teachers and religious leaders and whoever else are going in directions
opposite that of the Lord. It is
time. It is time to be counted.
We need to be bold, bold as lions.
We need more Christian troublemakers, people who will not allow the
Lord to be mocked, to be misquoted in the media and by high officials.
We need bold Christians who will stand with power, God’s power, against
the evil one and all he is trying to do.
We do not need mousey Christian diplomats we see so many places, people
who in essence are just quiet and somber and move about not ruffling any
feathers.
When you see your hometown newspaper or television station or mayor or
councilman or congressman or whoever taking a position clearly not that of the
Lord, not of God, don’t let it slide.
Speak out. Write a letter. Go to a meeting.
When you are at a neighborhood party, or a business gathering, or any
other such gathering of people, and you hear Jesus being mocked or dumped on,
you can’t just stand there. You can’t. If you cannot find any meaningful way to
interject yourself into that discussion and stand up for the Lord, you at least
must get yourself out of there. You
can’t just stand quietly. It’s your
future we are talking about here!
Jesus summed this up in Luke 12:8-9:
“Also I say unto you, whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man
also confess before the angels of God. But he that denieth me
before men shall be denied before the angels of God.”
Jesus is about to return. He
made the point several times in several parables that when he returns he should
find believers out there doing what he intended (e.g., such as the parable of
the talents in Luke 25). We can’t be
found ignoring or abusing whatever he has given to our charge. We are supposed to be out there.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(September 2014)
Copyright © 2014 by
John Newlin
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