To be honest with you, I have been truly heart sick over the state of our world lately. I have openly wept over the twisted and corrupt culture that we live in that allows such repulsive and depraved behavior. I have prayed and prayed but with little hope. I don’t say that lightly because I truly believe that God gives us the privilege of prayer for a reason!

I guess I’ve been so heavy hearted because a small part of me has started to believe that God has somehow lost control. I want to bite my lip, or slap my own hand for even typing those words but in all honesty, that is where my thoughts have gone. Until this morning.

 

In His loving, yet disciplinary wisdom, God led me to read Romans 13. I don’t want this to be about politics, although I will mention that I vetoed any watching of anything political for about a week before the elections…I just couldn’t take any more! No, I mention it because the movement of an organization, company or a nation begins from the top down. So I read Romans 13, 1-7 to be exact.

 

“Obey the government, for God is the one who put it there. All governments have been placed in power by God. So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow. For the authorities do not frighten people who are doing right, but they frighten those who do wrong. So do what they say, and you will get along well. The authorities are sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished. The authorities are established by God for that very purpose, to punish those who do wrong. So you must obey the government for two reasons: to keep from being punished and to keep a clear conscience. Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid so they can keep doing the work God intended them to do . Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and import duties, and give respect and honor to all to whom it is due.” Romans 13:1-7

 

So there you have it: Obey my government because GOD PUT THEM THERE! For me, that was good enough. It is proof that regardless of who says or does what, God IS truly in control and no matter what happens He has not left us.

 

On went my rebellious ranting to my ever gracious Father: “Why is the ‘media’ so ready to bash anything that is ‘right’! I am so tired of this. It seems like such an endless battle, no one will ever know that there are really good people and a really good God if they keep showing and printing such filth all time! “They” don’t play fair! “They” are biased and one-sided! “They” are slanted and partisan!” – I told you, He is very loving and unbelievable patient with me.

 

He very quietly reminded me that He didn’t send the TV or the newspaper to tell the world about Him…He sent me.

 

Ouch.

 

My job as a child of the King of Kings is not to ‘fix’ “Them”, it is to tell a dying and lost world about the most amazing and precious Gift this world has ever been given in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is to tell the world that there is hope outside of depraved and repulsive behavior. It is to let the world know there is forgiveness and peace and joy and kindness and goodness and gentleness and love.

 

God made it clear that He is still in control and even if “They” don’t play fair, I still have a job to do.

 

I know I have co-workers out there. We may be a little dismayed by all that is happening in this ol’ world, but take heart, the great I AM has things fully in hand and we have our orders.

 

Let’s get to work.