A Godless Age

July 31

Godly people who desire to see the name of the Lord Jesus lifted up and honored are disheartened by much of what is transpiring in our world today. Indeed, it is true that there are places on our darkened planet where the name of Jesus has never been honored, where the evil one has silenced truth and made lies the order of the day.

But there are places where this benighted outlook has not been prevalent, where the glory of the Lord has been extolled—and those places have reaped abundant blessings. Most notably, the United States of America is a nation that was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and has prospered and been blessed beyond anything that mere human endeavor could have produced.

It is disheartening to citizens of this land who know and love Jesus to observe the systematic destruction of the faith that has been the backbone of our country. We have a Supreme Court who evidences everything but godly wisdom in its pronouncements. We have a spineless legislative branch that tramples God’s absolutes and lifts up man’s vain and fallible notions of law. We have an executive branch that is led by a godless entity who sees himself as a messiah-figure rather than as an honorable man who bows before the Holy One who is the true Messiah

We are aware of the Word of God that cannot fail and cannot lie which says, “Woe unto them who call good evil and evil good,” Isaiah 5:20. We know the Bible condemns those who “profess themselves to be wise while becoming fools,” Romans 1:22. We understand that before the Lord returns there will be those who will not attend to sound doctrine but will be titillated by the doctrines of men (II Timothy 4:3) and will plummet into an abject disregard for the true faith.

We know evil shall abound (Matthew 24:12) and evil men shall wax worse and worse (II Timothy 3:13), that men shall deceive and be themselves deceived, until the end comes (Matthew 24:14). We understand that the Lord’s plan is in motion and nothing can turn it from His prescribed course. We stand on the promise of I Samuel 2:9 that assures, “He protects those who are loyal to Him but evil people will be silenced in darkness. Power is not the key to success.”

Those who seem to be in charge, those who are godless in their wielding of power, those who would “change the truth of God into a lie,” Romans 1:25, will have their day of reckoning while those who wait patiently on the Lord shall not be disappointed in their hope (Isaiah 49:23 and Romans 10:11). In that day our expectation will not be in the frail and fallible governments of men but in the government of the Kingdom of Christ who will reign in righteousness forever and ever (Luke 1:33.)