77
Percent
There will be no "knights in shining
armor" in God's kingdom; our armor will have many dings and dents. No, no
perfect Hollywood heroes will ride in to save the day; just wearied saints who
look to God and, in weakness, find Christ's strength. This, indeed, is the essence
of God's kingdom: divine greatness manifest in common people. Francis Frangipane
A new poll finds that 77 percent of Americans
think religion is losing influence on everyday life. This was on the news this morning as I was
getting ready for work. The report
stated that this is the highest rate since the late 1960’s.
This is not hard to believe when you watch
the news daily and see the atrocities that humans commit against each
other. When we begin to accept that it
is ok to remove “In God We Trust” from the very foundation of what makes this country,
we are increasing that percentage each day.
I often ask myself why we turn to God during
terrible circumstances but not when things are good in our lives. Many times I think it is because we become
complacent. When terrorists bombed the
Twin Towers in New York the majority of the country turned to God to ask why
and in the next instant we asked Him for help.
Why do we stop praising Him when things get better and then blame Him
when the tragedy comes?
If only 23% of the American population thinks
that God has influence on their lives then we are in trouble. If I don’t believe in Him, the One who
created me, at all times then what hope do I have in this world or the
next. When I think of the enormity of
where many people of this world will spend eternity it scares me. This is an enormous task we are faced with
and it does become a daunting task if we are trying to do it without God.
We can bring others to Christ with God’s
strength or our own. It would be like
fighting a giant with a sling-shot and a rock and not winning. Maybe we could
do it by building a boat where a body of water doesn’t exist. How about feeding four thousand with a loaf
of bread and a few fish? Jesus came to earth in human form to save us. I don’t want my life to be wasted. I believe there is much more work to be done
and we are the only chance some people will have to reach heaven.
We must first understand our weakness without
Him. If we want to bring others to
Christ, we must first “believe” that God can do it through us and then we must
“pursue” it with everything in us.
Prayer for the Day:
Heavenly Father, I know that through Your strength I can do things that I never
dreamed. Your ways are not ours and I
need to be reminded daily of Your Greatness.
Help me to pursue others for You.
I understand I can’t do it on my own.
You are my strength and my salvation.
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