I’ve
known the world was on the brink for some time, but this became crystal clear
when I saw a girl with a selfie stick in a village in Romania, a village which
coincidentally had no running water or connection to the power grid.
Something
about that seemed so vulgar and out of place to me, that I realized it isn’t
just one geographical location that is sick. The world is sick and getting
sicker by the day.
A
generation of vapid hedonists is soon to enter adulthood, and the repercussions
of their inability to deal with the real world, the world where people do go hungry,
and people do get fired, and people do get evicted, and updating your Facebook
wall isn’t considered work, will be something to behold indeed.
When
you raise an entire generation on a consistent diet of stupid for eighteen
years, it’s no surprise that stupid is what they will end up being as they
photobomb their way into adulthood.
In
this upside down world we’ve created for ourselves, the cure for what ails us
as a species is seen as a hindrance to said species’ utopian dream, and so even
those who claim to serve Him distance themselves from His teachings, His
precepts, and His words.
Set
adrift on an ocean of our own self-importance we will no longer bend the knee,
we will no longer plead for mercy, we will no longer follow, we will no longer
obey. As such the likelihood of a positive outcome is less than zero, as is the
likelihood of a redress, or return to the straight path.
I
don’t know why but I’ve become more introspective and reflective of late, and
everything I see tells me this world is not long for itself. Something
astounding and of a breadth and scale heretofore unseen is set to descend upon
a largely unsuspecting world, and deservedly so.
Though
we might not see it with the naked eye, there is a running ticker. Someone is
keeping track, and eventually the bill will come due.
We
know to the very marrow of us that judgment is a foregone conclusion, and some
of the most loving, kindhearted, humble and merciful people I know have started
to pray for it. Forgiveness without repentance will never be, and as such the
only real reason to pray for an extension of grace and a putting off of judgment
is that handful of souls we may reach if we continue to be diligent and be
about our Father’s business.
The
hearts of men are growing colder and harder day by day, and to reach a soul
nowadays and truly see a life change which extends beyond the initial hand
waving at a crusade is a miracle on par with seeing the lame walk or the blind
see.
While
the church is busy doing other things like building denominational brands, and
making sure their leaders are cool enough to attract the youth they don’t seem
to be attracting even with their coolness, the one reason God has for delaying
judgment is not being carried out.
If
you’ve ever wondered what happens when the salt loses its flavor, the current
state of the world and where it is inevitably headed is pretty much it. The
state of the world is a direct result of the failure of the church, and the
failure to carry out its most sacred mission.
The
household of faith should be the rudder, it should be the compass, it should be
that one unshakeable presence that charts the course and follows through, and
by its very nature be a living embodiment of what it means to be saved. Instead
the church is what it is, its ambassadors are what they are, and all told it’s
no wonder the godless are having a field day mocking and ridiculing and merrily
pointing at our inconsistencies.
We
have men in positions of power and authority discovered to have done such obscene
things that the ‘no one is perfect’ cliché
is no longer applicable. When individuals who identify themselves as
ambassadors of the Kingdom and leaders of men are found to have been practicing
sins much of those in the world don’t even practice, it’s time to call it what
it is, and stop hiding under the ‘we’re
all sinners’ mantra.
The
point of being washed and made clean in the blood of Christ is to go and sin no
more, not to go back and rut in the mud from which we were extracted, cleansed,
and purified.
But
who wants to hear of such things nowadays?
It
would be much easier for me to tell you to love yourself, spout some drivel as
to how your inward thought determines your outer journey, and tell you how God’s
end game since before the beginning of creation was your prosperity, but I
still have a conscience, I’m still accountable to God, and I still love you
enough to tell you the truth.
With love in Christ,
Michael Boldea Jr.
5 comments:
Another view into the sad state of humanity on the edge of the abyss.
A young Nepali girl praying to her quake damaged idol. Asking help from a god who could not help itself, an example of the utter darkness that Satan has enveloped so much of the world in.
https://mobile.twitter.com/kashishds/status/601588776880578562
Marcel
Thank you Michael. Please never stop telling us truth.
Robin
Thank you. What I needed to hear today...
God bless you Michael for obeying the LORD and speaking truth.
Be encouraged brother. Worship the Lord and behold the Lord's great majesty, kindness, and beauty. He Himself will sustain you, strengthen you, refresh you, and give you endurance for today and the future. Though the world looks bleak, those who look to Him are radiant. Let Him comfort and encourage your heart brother.
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