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Life in the Shadows
Put not your trust in princes,
in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
--Psalm 146:3-4
I once had the opportunity to meet the late Dr. Bill Bright, who was the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ and a real patriot for our nation. Dr. Bright told me about a time when he was visiting with a man who was wondering about America and asking questions like, “Who do we need to elect to get us out of the mess we’re in as a nation?”
Dr. Bright said it seemed that God gave him an answer so quickly. So he said to that man, “There is nobody to elect to get us out of the mess we’re in. What is it going to take for our nation to get right with God?”
One of the saddest things, I believe, about many in the Church today is that they’re putting their faith in the people and politics of our nation and setting up an idol for themselves. They believe everything will be okay as long as we get this or that person elected. But the reality is that there’s no one person who can transform a nation – only Jesus can.
Jesus is the hope for America and the world. He is what our country really needs. So while it’s good to be involved politically, remember that only Christ can truly transform our nation!
FIND YOUR HOPE IN JESUS, NOT IN THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD. HE’S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TRULY TRANSFORM OUR NATION!
The Peril of Prosperity
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Deuteronomy 32:15-17
In his final address to the people of Israel, knowing that they would be going into the Promised Land without him, Moses gave them warning about the dangers they would face. One of the threats he highlighted was the peril of prosperity. When we are greatly blessed and have good things to enjoy provided by God's grace, we can quickly take them granted, giving ourselves the credit instead of glorifying and thanking God. “Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage” (Deuteronomy 6:12).
In her book Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, Peggy Noonan talked about the decline in religious commitment among successive generations of immigrants to the United States. The first waves tended to be very religious, while their descendants were less and less involved in their churches. She speculated that the prosperity of America explained the change, asking “Who needs God when you have America?”
But material blessings will never substitute for what only God can provide. And the more we are focused on material things, the more likely we are to take God's blessings for granted and forget that we owe everything to Him. There aren't very many people who would wish for a harder life with restricted finances. Yet there are many people who left those days behind, only to look back later and realize that they left God behind as well.
Today's Growth Principle:
When we are greatly blessed by God, we must be on guard against forgetting Him.
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Deuteronomy 32:15-17
In his final address to the people of Israel, knowing that they would be going into the Promised Land without him, Moses gave them warning about the dangers they would face. One of the threats he highlighted was the peril of prosperity. When we are greatly blessed and have good things to enjoy provided by God's grace, we can quickly take them granted, giving ourselves the credit instead of glorifying and thanking God. “Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage” (Deuteronomy 6:12).
In her book Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, Peggy Noonan talked about the decline in religious commitment among successive generations of immigrants to the United States. The first waves tended to be very religious, while their descendants were less and less involved in their churches. She speculated that the prosperity of America explained the change, asking “Who needs God when you have America?”
But material blessings will never substitute for what only God can provide. And the more we are focused on material things, the more likely we are to take God's blessings for granted and forget that we owe everything to Him. There aren't very many people who would wish for a harder life with restricted finances. Yet there are many people who left those days behind, only to look back later and realize that they left God behind as well.
Today's Growth Principle:
When we are greatly blessed by God, we must be on guard against forgetting Him.
