What the Future May Hold
11 March 2009It’s been 10 months since I regularly wrote for this blog and now I’m thinking about picking it up again. Much has changed in that 10 months and little of that change has been positive. This country is accelerating down the road to destruction more rapidly each day. I don’t know if it’s even possible to stop it but I think conservatives and Christians have to make the attempt.
I’m a fan of Rush Limbaugh and I’m not ashamed to say so but I don’t always agree with him. For example, I don’t share his optimism when it comes to this country. Rush is convinced that America is so great that no President and no Congress can bring it down. I believe America has been a great country but we’ve lost much of what made us great. Would I like to see us regaini that greatness? Of course! Do I think we can do so? I don’t know.
We’ve gone so far down this road. I argued before the election that the rate of change was slow enough that most American’s didn’t notice the slow march left and that, perhaps, what we needed was an acceleration of that march so that the American people would wake up and take notice. I predicted that Barach Obama would be an even worse President than Jimmy Carter and it took a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.
Well, we got Obama and he and the Democrats are moving at breakneck speed to turn back any and all conservatives gains over the last eight years. They are taking advantage of the current economic situation to shove through every liberal project they’ve saved up for the last 20 years. I now few that they will take us so far that even a conservative resurgence in 2010 will not be able to turn us back.
It’s true that conservatives across the country are becoming more and more active but it’s also true that many Republicans in Congress have learned nothing from the last two elections. The current omnibus spending bill working its way through the Senate is a case in point. Even Alabama’s Richard Shelby, along with several other Republicans, is supporting the bill that is stuffed with pork.
The future of America looks pretty bleak to me. But, as I’ve been saying to people around me for a while, regardless of what Obama or the Congress do, I am consoled and lifted up by the fact that God is still in control. That doesn’t necessarily mean a rosy future for America or Christians but it does mean that God will walk with us through whatever is to come. I believe, for example, that God will use what’s coming to strengthen His church and that can only be a good thing.
For far too long the church in American has been virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding culture. There’s been little to no cost to claiming Christ here and we’ve grown fat and complacent. That’s not healthy and I believe God will use what’s coming to change it. It may be a painful process but it will be worth it.
Everything Christians beleive is under attack in America today. I believe it won’t be too long before Christians will be actively persecuted in America. If you think that can’t happen here, ask yourself what things are true today that a few years ago you said couldn’t happen in America. No friends, it can happen it if we continue on the road we’re on, it will happen. But remember that the church is strongest where it is persecuted. That is true the world over.
We are approaching a time where Christians will truly have to “count the cost” and many will decide the cost is too high. Those who are willing to pay the cost will grow stronger. That will purify the church and make it stronger.
I’m sure many reading this will take me to be a complete crackpot. I can live with that. But one thing I’ve learned over the last few years is that political philosopy, as important as it is, won’t save us. I’ll be involved in the political process and I’ll work to elect solid conservatives but I will not place my faith in that process. When I do that I am always disappointed. Only by keeping my faith in God alone can I stay focused and positive in the face of a deteriorating future. Because no matter what’s ahead in America, I know that God will be with me and my family and He will provide what we need. Only then am I no longer bound to circumstances to determine my joy. I can be joyful regardless of the circumstance.
So I’ll be writing again here but it won’t just be the same old political analysis. Yes, the analysis will be there but it will be filtered through the lense of God’s power and control over everything. I hope some will appreciate that perspective. Many won’t be that’s okay.
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