Monday, August 26, 2013

Peace Starts With You.

  I get tired of being bombarded by news of killings and other violent crimes daily. My heart aches for this country divided by it's own inability to love one another. We have bigots, paranoid nut jobs, and a government that creates fear. What has happened to this once great country?  Why have we gone so far off the deep end?
  All I know is that we enjoy freedoms most other people in this world will never see. Most people are content to gripe and groan about the way things are without a willingness to see where change starts. Change comes from us not our political leaders. We must stand up and fight for our freedoms against the powers that truly ruin our freedom...the greedy and the evil.
  I could talk all day long about the two powers and give you biblical examples of why we must fight, however most of you that will read this don't own a bible or believe in God. Most of you would rather try to govern yourselves in a self serving fashion.I know this to be true. I've witnessed the Godlessness of this country first hand. Non-believers try and crush the believers at every turn. I'm sick of hearing how it's the believers fault we are in this mess. Evil knows no God, it only knows it's own selfish desires. Greed knows only it's selfishness.                                                                                                                                        We are not fighting a war of the flesh, we are fighting an enemy that is unseen. We are fighting dark forces that control those who wish only to serve themselves. God commands us to be servants of our brothers and sisters in His name. We are told to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We are not told to fear or disparage each other, we are told to love and care for our fellow man. We shouldn't judge a flock of real believers by the actions of a few people serving themselves in the name of God, we need to know believers by their good works. Anyone call call themselves a Christian, it's those who prove it by good works that should be our example. Christianity is not about lip service, it's about action in Christ. It's about what we do to continue the ministry started by Christ. Our ministry isn't about showing up to church on Sunday sitting in a pew and waiting for the service to end so we can get on with our day. Our ministry starts at home by living in the Word everyday, even when no one is watching.
 Christian or not a moral code starts with you. If you depend on your own righteousness to tell you right from wrong then all you are teaching is selfishness. Good works can be done without faith, however those good things can easily be undone by selfishness. A selfish work glorifies yourself and nothing else. What good is a grand house if it's built on mud? You must have a strong foundation from which to build. A moral code without God is worthless. Personal morals can change like the wind. Godly morals are set in stone by the words of the Almighty. Man distorts the words of God for his own profit, Gods word is without change. Gods words are in black and white, it's called scripture and scripture is found in the Bible.
  I want this world to change, I want this country to change but without a Godly world I'm afraid my prayers fall upon deaf ears. I will not give up on educating a non-believer why I believe, I too at one time ignored God. I know hearts can be changed by being a living example of a morally upright man, it happened to me. A morally upright man ( also my best friend) led me to Christ and my life has been better for it. I now speak with a voice that is based on a strong foundation and will do so even when no one is watching.
  We live in a violent world without peace (Gods peace), and yet I hear the Godless express their desire for a peaceful world. Well my friends I tell you this, Gods peace starts with you. God Bless.