Friday, May 24, 2013

If the foundations are destroyed


If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3)
We live in a time when the foundations are being destroyed in our country. What can the righteous do? 
Maybe the first question we need to ask is- what destroyed the foundation to begin with? 
We've 'progressed' from devoted follower to moderate acknowledger to social participator to functionally ambivalent. And the guilty party that I am referring to is the church, not the world.
We have proceeded from having Christ as our first love to the place where He is not even found on the list anymore.
We have transitioned from THE TRUE GOSPEL to a watered down version of the gospel (gospel-lite) to a social gospel that is far removed from the grace and truth of God.
And where do we end up - there is no faithfulness or kindness or knowledge of God in the land
We do not pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, nor do we consider the work of His hands.

With the foundations of God's grace and truth removed from our everyday life, what will the righteous do?
It all comes down to - 
Faith, Hope and Love…
We must seek the Lord and prevail upon Him to restore and strengthen our Faith in Him and Him alone, 
We must desire that our Hope in Him (our first love) shall be revived and burn within us like a refiner's fire and 
We must Love the Lord with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength and our neighbor as ourselves. 
 
The righteous shall walk in faith, they will show kindness to the lost in this world and they shall grow ever closer to the Lord as they seek Him and gain knowledge of God…

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