By: Ricardo Barber
Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed? Isaiah 2:22
I find myself juxtaposed with the notion of trusting in man for any solutions for the problems of this world. Yet the masses continually with great zeal decide to look for help from Washington. STOP REGARDING MAN, states Isaiah, Oh! the irony in this verse. How weak man is: his breath is in his nostrils. At any moment he can exhale his last breath and yet and still we throw ourselves at the mercy of such a frail individual. Trusting and hoping that somehow he or she will make life all better. “For why should he be esteemed? Why? They cannot guarantee their own life but we insist on putting our confidence in them. For what reason? Because of broken promises that springs forth from politicians mouths like water from a busted pipe.
I hope the past two months has taught us something. Because it is obvious to most of us that the current leaders and past leaders cannot solve the problems of this nation. It looks as if the current administration is leading us to the crumpling of democracy, as we know it. About two hundred years ago, while the thirteen colonies were still part of Great Britain, Professor Alexander Tyler addressed himself to the fall of the Athenian Republic. He declared:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves excessive gratuities from the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the treasury, with the result that democracy collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
That sounds like America’s present state doesn’t it? That’s what socialism leads too. Prideful man just wants to advance his agenda today. Don’t put your confidence in someone who is one breath away from disappearing from earth’s scene. Put all your hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. He’s the only solution to your problems, not little man promising what he can’t deliver no matter how hard he or she tries. Someone has stated it this way:
Philosophy says: Think your way out.
Indulgence says: Drink your way out.
Politics says: Spend your way out.
Science says: Invent your way out.
Industry says: Work your way out.
Communism says: Strike your way out.
Fascism says: Bluff your way out.
Militarism says: Fight your way out.
The Bible says: Pray your way out,
But
Jesus Christ says: “I am the way (out)…”
Do you really believe that or is your life centered on what a weak man can do for you?
Very insightful historical backdrop to help us analyze our current state of affairs. I think you're right on. I guess the question that remains to be asked is what level of involvement (if any!) Christians should have in the public square. Sometimes I wish God would pencil in my schedule for me; sharpening my focus and revealing how the church should spend its efforts (percentages; to-do lists; memos & all).
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