Picture from “The Paper Dolls – Picture Book, 6 June 2013, by Julia Donaldson (Author), Rebecca Cobb (Illustrator)
I am sure there are parts of the world where sin and evil are not as fleshed out, Father, but I have no idea where they would be. There are many pockets of righteousness, but they seem vastly outnumbered. And even many of the righteous have lost their focus.
From my vantage point, most people’s focus seems to be in the wrong place. There are so many things wrong in our world that many believe their answer is the right one, be it a political figure, a particular movement, or a mindset. Now, there may be good parts in many things, but that’s where the good ends. Even if a majority of people got behind one “thing” (which is pretty much impossible in and of itself), all the “good” parts would not amount to much, for they would still be just “parts”.
What is needed is a unifying agent. As human beings, we might gel with some, but our natural tendency is towards division. We might gel with some on day one, but come day two, we’re divided. We need a unifying agent that is beyond ourselves. The only agent capable of bringing us together, despite our differences, is God, fleshed out in the person of Jesus Christ.
True unity has to fully embrace, without the slightest hesitation, that every single soul is of equal and great importance. There is absolutely not one single reason that anyone should be excluded. As the offspring of your creation, we all stand on level ground at the foot of the cross. What our souls are wrapped in is of absolutely no importance. Nationality, skin color, the amount of resources, mindsets, philosophies, religious variables – they are nothing at the foot of the cross.
The world is an absolute mess. Only when we place ourselves in a relationship with You, Lord, will things change. The answer to our problems is found nowhere else.
Lord, we need You – individually and corporately. 2 Chronicles 7:14 is just as true today as when You proclaimed it to the Israelites thousands of years ago.
[If] My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land. AMP
That alone is the answer! May our souls unite! May we not just read it – may we LIVE it!
Lord, I humbly give myself over to You. May I be the catalyst for people coming to You and giving themselves entirely over to You. Amen!
(July 9th, 2016, Sat, 7:58 am)
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