What Can We Do? It's All Falling Apart.

As I was spending my morning time in God's Word I was reminded of a very important point of the truth of scripture. I don't have time this morning to expand on this but I pray all of us Christians remember this truth. We see this in the life of Christ and this morning I was reminded that the Apostle Paul taught this as well.

These men also lived in a wicked and evil time and under the auspices of the Romans Empire. They were facing much of the same issues and fights we face today yet we don't see Jesus nor do we see Paul out there fighting the evil system or even really complaining much about it. Instead we see them completely focused on the Gospel.

Check this out:

Ephesians 1:7-10

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Do you see the plan? God's plan is " to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth." We as Christians are supposed to be focused on that.

Have you checked your Facebook and Twitter posts lately? What are you saying around the water cooler at work? What do your children hear at the dinner table? Are these conversations centered on uniting all things in Christ? Or are they filled with criticism and worries about the government, the president, the gays and transgenders, and so on?

Jesus said this in Luke 6:45

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

This applies to social media. Meditate on this today. We could change the world by following Christ and then being a part of uniting the world under Him. Jesus changed the world, Paul changed the world, but not by focusing on the issues of the world, but by focusing on the Gospel.

This, my friends, is the answer to the social evils of our nation and our world, even our marriages and our children. This is not my opinion; this is God's Word.