Strange Days

 

 

“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.”

 Proverb 30:12

 

The culture in which we now live has so changed from our childhood days that in many ways it is unrecognizable.

Historically all evil trends in society can be counteracted so long as all of society accepts a common godly medium by which it can be governed, but when society loses its common measure and every man has a different standard, then society as a whole fails.

Today’s greatest problem in my estimation is attributed to this very issue. As the Bible states, “When everyman does that which is right in his own eyes.” (Judges 17:6)  When a righteous sentence is not executed promptly against an evil matter the hearts of the children or next generation is set towards doing evil.

When society fails to teach a godly standard of what is right and wrong to our children, then the next generation will have no moral compass by which to guide themselves.  The result will be everyone will do what he considers acceptable to him only and not what is good for the corporate society.

Our society is being governed by a moral relative norm of “anything goes” and what was in one generation earlier considered obnoxious and offensive is now considered the ordinary.

 

There are many people today in that same condition. They are on the fast track, racing through life, however they are going nowhere. Their lives seem to lack direction and purpose.

The music artist Chuck Girard seemed to capture the scene quite well in his song, Little Pilgrim. “Little pilgrim walking down the road of life, I find that in your heart you are just a lonely one, For you see, upon that very road, My search for good and truth had its beginning. You take a little turn to the left, And you see what that path has to offer you, Then you gotta make it back to the main road anyhow, And you have all that lost time to make up for, It's a sad thing to realize that you're all alone. That you're on your own, again. Little pilgrim walking down the road of life, You tried to follow others, who are just like you, I was looking in that same direction, but all I ever found, Were others who were searching just like me, And we didn't find the way, or the answers. To the questions that were buried deep down in our soul, We just found that the ways of man have no answers anyhow. Oh don't you wonder now, what you're trying to do, Oh don't you wonder now, where that path is taking you. Little pilgrim walking down the road of life, I know that deep down in your heart you are just like me, What you're seeking, is a better way, And you're reaching out for temporary resting places, And you're glad to find a little peace of mind here and there, But it wont last, no, no cause you'll have to move along some day, Till you are resting in the arms of the only one who can help you, Till you give your heart and your soul and your body and your mind and your life to the Lord. And it's a glad thing to realize that you are not alone no more, That you found your way, back home, back home.”

These were days when people had lost their direction. They were days of confusion.  The lines between good and evil had been erased. Those who were living in sin were saying that we need to be tolerant toward people who have chosen to live differently than we.

Those who were preaching toleration were the most intolerant of all, especially against those who had a different opinion than theirs. Those ministers and professionals who take a stand against moral depravity as Dr. Laura Catherine Schlessinger did and was crucified by the gay community because she dared to condemn alternate lifestyles during her radio talk show.

What I find fascinating is that the gay communities are the ones that are saying that we need to be tolerant, but they don't practice what they preach… for they are the most intolerant of all!

In the book of Judges the phrase …"In those days."  They are described as days when there was no king in Israel. God had established the nation as a Theocracy and God was to be their king. But the people had rejected the rule of God over their lives. Thus, rejecting God as their King, there was no king in Israel.

They had rejected God's laws as absolutes. The result was religious and moral chaos. Each man became a law to himself and made up his own rules, and the rules could change as the need arose.

Much like the world today who has rejected the absolutes of God’s laws. Society in general hates the laws of God so much they have ordered them out of schools and public buildings.

What a far cry from David, who said: “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” No wonder the schools are in such a mess today, no wonder they have to have metal detectors and armed guards on the public school campuses. As the prophet said, "They have sown the wind, they will reap the whirlwind."

In the Book of Judges the phrase "Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”  We hear people each day saying "What right to you have to tell me what is right or wrong.”  I personally have no right to tell you what is right or wrong, but I will affirm what God has said what is right and wrong. The prophet Micah said, "He has shown you O man what is good."

I will never tell you how you should live. I am just affirming how God says you should live. We are living in a time of moral relativism… “Every man is doing that which is right in his own eyes.”

Our society is in a downward spiral, we cannot build prisons fast enough to accommodate all those who are being sentenced for their criminal activity. More and more children are being raised in a home with step parents than at any time in history. Thousands of children feel unwanted, unloved, and in the way, more than ever before. It is becoming a rare thing for children to be raised in a home with both of their parents. One in every five teenagers is infected with a sexually transmitted disease. More babies are

being born to unwed mothers than at any time ever. And abortions are killing off the next generation.

You have to wonder just how long God will allow these things to continue before He steps in and brings His judgment upon America. “America, America, God shed His grace on thee, but He is about to pour His wrath on thee.” 

I see America today in that same moral free fall. We also have rejected God from reigning over us, and people are doing what is right in their own sight. God declared, "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."  I am a firm believer if we individually and corporately as a nation change our evil ways and seek our Heavenly Father He will forgive us as He forgave the wicked nation of Nineveh.  The Lord appeared to Solomon by night and assured him… “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive theirsin, and will heal their land.”  2 Chronicles 7:14

During these strange days we must consider the gospel of Jesus Christ. He says, "Turn your life over to Him, and He will make those changes for you. He will set you free from the power of sin, and give you the ability to walk the path of life. Jesus said: “Follow Me, for I am the way, the truth and the life and no man can come to the Father but by Me.”

 King Solomon said, “there is a path that seems right unto men, but the end of the path is death.”Are you sure you are on the right path today?

Peace,