Evil Is Prospering!

"Evil prospers when good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

Evil is prospering all over the world. The things Jesus talks about in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 are all happening. Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines and pestilence...this is just the beginning of the pain we are about to face! Jesus said "This is the beginning of birth pains," so as a woman sees her contractions get increasingly more painful and more frequent, so will we see all these things happening more often and with greater intensity.

We all watched in horror as a tsunami indiscriminately killed over 200,000 people in Indonesia in just one day. We saw another one wipe out the coast of Japan which also wiped out their Nuclear power plant. We've seen earthquakes all over the world, and the last two were near Japan. I've been wondering if California is next! I live far enough inland that it might only shake the house off of the foundation, but its still a very frightening thought! 

For a moment, forget about Obama, the Congress and the obstructionist Senate led by Harry Reid. Let's think about God and His word and what He says for us to do in times like these. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says "If my people, who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and I will heal their land." This means it's not too late! We can still find our way back from the brink and see another "Morning in America!" We are still the "Shining City on a Hill," that Reagan spoke of and it's never too late to undo what has been done!

We need to pray for our neighbors and we need to teach personal responsibility to our children, not how to get hand outs from the government! The bible says that working is good for us! Colossians 3:23 says "Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men."  Proverbs 16:3 says "Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established." Proverbs 14:23 says "In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty." Proverbs 21:25 says "The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor." So you can see work is good! Not working is wrong in God's eyes. Paul said, "If a man refuses to work, let him not eat." (2 Thessalonians 3:10). This pervasive evil of social entitlement has got to go! People need to think differently if we are ever going to get out of the 17.6 trillion dollar hole we are currently in, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger every day!

In summation, let us witness to the lost. Let us also lift up Israel and the innocents in Gaza who are being killed daily and for Hamas to put down their weapons and stop this horrible war. This whole thing reminds me of Moses and Pharaoh. Every time he asked Moses to stop a plague, Moses would pray and God would answer by removing it. And then the bible says that God "hardened Pharaoh's heart," and he wouldn't let the people go! There would then be another plague, another commitment to let the Israelites leave Egypt, another prayer by Moses, which were all answered by God and then another hardening and another refusal to let the Israelites leave Egypt. This went on until all the first born of Egypt fell dead on the night of the first Passover. The Israelites were told to kill a spotless lamb and put the blood on the doorposts. Then the angel of death passed by those houses, even killing the firstborn of Pharaoh. It was then that he let the people go. It took a personal loss to bring him to his knees. What will it take for Hamas to finally accept and hold true to a cease fire? I don't know. I only know that they have hardened their hearts and want to wipe the Jewish people off of the face of the planet. Both sides agreed to a 72 hour cease fire yesterday and just two hours into it, Hamas had soldiers coming out of a tunnel, firing upon IDF soldiers and capturing one of them, taking him hostage. God has perhaps hardened the hearts of those in leadership of Hamas, and they are not going to stop. Why should they? So far they are winning the public relations battle and they have made Israel look evil, as evidenced by the anti-semitic protests going on around the world. That is evil ladies and gentlemen. And again, evil prospers when good men do nothing. 

So what will you do? Stand by and let evil prosper? Or will you join me in praying for God to show us all what to do? Some think "I'm only one person, what can I do?" You can use the talents and spiritual gifts God gave you! When we are obedient and faithful to the Lord and what we believe, He will help us! There are so many out there who need the Love of God! It's time to ask God what we can do to further HIS kingdom and stop worrying about our possessions which moth and rust will destroy anyway! Do eternal work! Store up your treasure in heaven! This earth is going to go away and you can't take it with you anyway, so give it away! Give your love to others! Everything else is meaningless!

God bless all who read this post and may we all do a better job of helping the Lord from right where we live, leading the lost to Jesus, taking in those who have no home, feeding them, clothing them and giving them hope that lasts for a lifetime! We need to be Jesus to them! Let's put away our own selfish desires and help others and give them hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ! "Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6).

I am thankful that Jesus isn't done with me yet. He's not done with any of us yet and won't be until we meet Him face to face! If we sit by and do nothing we are guilty of the very evil we are complaining about, but refuse to do anything to stop. May the Lord be with us all, as the days of the dispensation of Grace are coming to an end! Prepare ye the way of the Lord for Jesus is coming again very soon!