Society's Answer

Our society seems so big and so complicated today.  It seems everywhere I look there is something that is so wrong.  People are so unhappy and full of not just discontent, but hate.  Lies and misleading conversation is spread all day every day.  Instead of being a society pushing for greater responsibility with their talents and time and then holding them accountable for actions, we bow down to the most ignorant and irresponsible.   

In the movie The American President, the president says this in his culminating speech, “America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You've gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say, ‘You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.’ You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free.”

Unfortunately, the advanced citizenship part seems to be failing as violence is starting to be common as one side starts preventing the other side from having protests.  Did we stop teaching the Civil War in classrooms?  Do people not know that the deadliest war America has taken part was the Civil War?  Have they not visited graveyards or read where entire family lines were erased from history? 

Where is all this largeness of complicated debate going and what can we do?

Surprisingly, the answer is simple.

“Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak. The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” – Zephaniah 16b-17

The Lord saves.  No matter where humans take themselves with foolish decisions and unmoral desires, the Lord saves.  Hallelujah!  The answer is there in that the Lord will save.

If you or I want to make a difference, then we need to share the gospel of Christ.  The only way society will be different is when people will come to know the Lord and trust in Him.  Nothing else can change society.  A quick look back at history tells us that humankind has just about tried everything else and yet, I’m confident some other thing will be tried that will stun and baffle us even more.  The answer for all of us is the same as it was when there was only two people on the earth.  The answer is and will always only be the one true living God and His offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. 

There is nothing else and there never will be.